Mbappé & Cristiano: Clash & Near Miss – Football News

Kylian Mbappé avoided a Talaverazo and bit Cristiano Ronaldo two more times on a cup night in which Real Madrid ended up feeling scared. The whites went from more to less in El Prado against a Talavera located in relegation positions in First Federation that was a toy in the hands of

The intervention of the Ukrainian goalkeeper ended the suffering of the most successful team in the world, which returned to its old ways after walking for more than an hour through the Castilian-La Mancha venue, but came out alive thanks to the providential stop of the Slav and the leadership of a star who is more than half Madrid.

A goal by Bondy’s star from eleven meters after an innocent handball by former Real Madrid youth player David Cuenca set a victory for Xabi Alonso’s team that seemed to be sealed before halftime with an own goal by Farrando after Real Madrid’s ’10’ had committed mischief in the area. However, Talavera took advantage of the whites’ drop in revs and closed the gap with a goal from Nahuel that forced Mbappé to open up again, benefiting from an error by Jaime González to get within a single goal of the record of 59 goals in a calendar year with Real Madrid that Cristiano Ronaldo established in 2013.

Real Madrid can be thankful that the Frenchman once again made the difference in a low-profile match that in other circumstances would have been conducive to taking a breath, but in which his presence was essential to avoid a setback similar to that Alcorconazo that Xabi Alonso experienced firsthand and which Talavera was close to replicating with Di Renzo’s late goal and that occasion by Isaiah Navarro that put a team that will not mend their hearts in their hearts.

With bullets whistling above his head, Xabi Alonso chose to deploy the heavy artillery, bringing together Endrick, Gonzalo and Mbappé within an ultra-offensive eleven in which Ceballos acted as anchor of a midfield completed by Arda Güler and Mastantuono. David Jiménez debuted behind, the second ‘blackbird’ to whom the Tolosa native gave the alternative in times of weakness.

The questioned Real Madrid coach foresaw a walled Talavera, willing to endure the siege no matter what. Hence the need to resort to the latest Golden Boot, author of more than half of the goals of a squad that does not have any sufficiently calibrated sights other than that of Bondy’s star.

The Frenchman wasted an early chance by sending the shot against the body of Jaime González, also supported in response to a header from Gonzalo de Talavera who showed his nails with a header from Marcos Moreno repelled by Lunin, who served as captain of Real Madrid in El Prado.

From the walk to the scare

But despite the Albacete striker’s shot, the clash soon turned into a monologue for the visiting team. Real Madrid’s arrivals cascaded against an increasingly overwhelmed Talavera that ended up losing its footing as a result of a penalty by Cuenca that Mbappé converted without hesitation, followed by an own goal by Farrando after Mbappé danced on the baseline and made a back pass that caused the Balearic center back to make an error.

With the dispute decided, Real Madrid had fertile ground to enjoy in the second half, but fell into relaxation and ended up getting a well-deserved scare. Talavera warned with a shot from Doncel that went high before Farrando made up for his mistake in the first half by putting in a great cross from the right that Nahuel put into the far post. The Catalan winger’s goal enraged the local parish, which encouraged his team’s push in the final stretch and committed a Real Madrid that leaves El Prado more shaken than it arrived despite progressing to the second round.