Mbappé Shines: Real Madrid vs Sevilla – La Liga J17 Recap

He did it! After 24 hours of reading all the press raving about the possibility of seeing him equal (or even beat) Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal record in a calendar year with Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé achieved the feat. After 86 minutes of drawing the entire game to himself, Mr. Muñiz Ruiz had to whistle a penalty for a foul by Juanlu Sanchez on Rodrygo for the Bondynois to achieve his goals, on his 27th birthday. Without forgetting to celebrate CR7 style. Two minutes later, he even thought he had the opportunity to take the lead alone with a new attempt from eleven meters, but the video decided otherwise. The record will therefore only be equaled, which will be enough to make headlines in Spain and elsewhere. But not to hide the very meager collective record of Merengue in 2025: no title.

The balance sheet, particularly since the start of his second season in Spain, is hardly debatable. Here he is who now has 17 pawns in as many La Liga days and nine in just five appearances in the Champions League. Impressive statistics that the person concerned endeavored to inflate with a double against the amateurs of Talavera in the Copa del Rey. You need that to go for records. “Since I was little, I have dreamed of playing a professional match on my birthday, especially with Real Madrid, the club of my dreamshe confided afterwards to the media of the White House. This record is incredible. From my first full year, realizing him as my idol, the best player in the history of Real Madrid, a reference in world football… I wanted to pay tribute to him with this celebration. He was always kind to me, helping me adapt to Real Madrid. I wanted to celebrate like him, to dedicate this victory to him. »

Where are the titles?

However, the downsides are numerous, despite the individual accomplishment that such a record represents. First of all, the guy is one after another in a Real Madrid whose game has not enthused many people for several months, to put it mildly. Vinicius, whistled by the Bernabéu at the time of his outing against Sevilla, is only a shadow of himself, Jude Bellingham is looking for his place and Rodrygo’s outbursts have become rarer. But no matter: wherever he has gone, Mbappé has never been the one to improve the game of his attacking friends. On the other hand, even more embarrassing: 2025 is now the first calendar year in which the kid from Monaco will not have won a single trophy since the start of his career.

After the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup (now Intercontinental Cup) in the second part of 2024, the results are not really rosy since crossing the Pyrenees. Yet another tactic to imitate your childhood idol? Because in 2013 – the year in which he established this famous record of 59 caramels – Cristiano Ronaldo had not won any collective title in Madrid either. Before continuing with a prosperous 2014, starting with the club’s first Champions League in twelve years. The first of the Portuguese’s reign, who will add three more to the record of the biggest club in the world, before setting sail. Four European triumphs (in five seasons, what’s more): here is a record that would be much more significant to achieve. The press darlings would be even more friendly, and the trace in History would be much deeper.

A record Mbappé allows Real Madrid to win against Sevilla