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PSG: Riolo denounces the real problem with Mbappé
Published on January 29, 2024 at 11:30 p.m.
Once again aligned at the center of the PSG attack, Kylian Mbappé experienced a complicated encounter against Brest this Sunday evening (2-2). Caught by the Breton rearguard throughout the match, the Parisian attacker was very discreet. For Daniel Riolo, Luis Enrique’s choice to position Mbappé at number 9 is difficult to understand.
Kylian Mbappé had a complicated evening this Sunday evening facing Brest (2-2). If some of his teammates, like Marco Asensio, Bradley Barcola, Randal Kolo Muani or Warren Zaire-Emeryshowed interesting things, the captain of the team France was hardly noticed. Once again aligned at the center of PSG’s attack, Mbappéperfectly contained by the Brest defenders, was unable to get the ball rolling as usual.
“Mbappé in this position, I don’t think it’s good and I will never be able to get used to this positioning”
According to Daniel Riolo, Kylian Mbappé cannot display all his qualities in this register. “As everyone is convinced apart from me that Mbappé is absolutely great in 9, well maybe we will have found that he was great tonight in 9 and that Barcola is superior as a player… I would prefer when even if it’s Mbappé who goes there and we play with a 9. But there isn’t one. €180M ultimately isn’t enough to buy any, so we do things differently. Mbappé in this position, I don’t think it’s good and I will never be able to get used to this positioning”he confided in theAfter Foot.
“We no longer see what makes Mbappé strong”
The consultant then continued: “He made Mbappé his handyman, his number 10. He gets lost in dribbling. We no longer see what makes Mbappé strong. The overflows, the accelerations, the strikes. He didn’t manage to hit today, obviously he was caught in a powerful central hinge. It’s curious. There are some who think it’s good, I don’t understand”.