Club World Cup .. Mbappe’s last opportunity in the Golden Ball race

Killian Mbappe has failed to win a great title this season despite his distinguished individual statistics with his new team, Real Madrid, but the captain of the French football team hopes to correct this situation and return to the Golden Ball race through the Club World Cup where his club attaches great ambitions.

By scoring 43 goals in all competitions and obtaining the first golden shoe for the best scorer in Europe, Mbappe achieved his individual goals in his first season in Madrid.

But at the collective level, the record remains less magnificent: after Barcelona surpassed him in the league competitions, the King’s Cup and the local Super Cup, and lost his title as the Champions League champion at the hands of Arsenal in the quarter -finals, Real Madrid out of the four major competitions this season, and his victory in the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup will not be compensated.

This is sufficient to block the achievements of Mbappe, who won the “Best scorer) in the Spanish League, but it failed to play the expected savior in the Champions League. Fortunately for Real Madrid and its French attacker, the first edition of the Club World Cup, which has been criticized, provides an opportunity to catch up.

Florentino Peres, who has a prominent history and an unparalleled record (15 titles in the Champions League and 36 titles in the Spanish League), dream of becoming the first crowned of this new competition, and Mbappe sees this as a way to impress the international scene.

Because Mbappe, 26, apparently did not abandon his chances regarding the Golden Ball, despite his compatriot Othman Dembele, the president of Paris Saint -Germain winning the Champions League title for the first time in its history, expectations, along with the outstanding talent of Barcelona club Lamine Jamal (17 years old).

While he announced his support for Dembele, his current teammate in the French and previous team in Paris Saint -Germain, during the press conference that preceded the match between France and Germany to determine the third place in the European Nations League competition, Mbappe did not hesitate to add a short sentence but it is meaningful: “The Golden Ball ceremony will be on (22 September). A lot will happen from now until then. ”

Therefore, Mbappe seeks to mix the leaves and sow doubts among the voters for the highest individual prize. This will inevitably require a strong performance in the Club World Cup, as it awaits a very easy role in the eighth group against the Saudi Crescent, Pachuka, Mexican and Austrian Csalburg.