Mbappé's nine failures in the Champions

The novena was not the defeated either. Kylian Mbappé He will have to wait for his tenth attempt at the Champions League to proclaim himself European champion. Last summer he left Paris To sign for Madrid. Behind that movement was the dream that has always accompanied him: win the Champions League. It was his obsession during the seven years he spent in the club of his city. And it still is now, in the most laureate team in the history of the competition

The combination seemed perfect: the best footballer in the world reached the team that most easily won the Champions. However, the blow has been hard. The first season of Mbappé In Madrid ends in Europe in the quarterfinals. Before Arsenal, the team delivered the crown conquered last season in Wembley. And so, the premiere of Kylian In the White House it will be without Madrid among the four best in Europe, a place that had occupied consecutively since 202

From the elimination at the hands of arsenal it came out Mbappé Malparado Not only for the blow to the right ankle that forced its substitution in the absence of a quarter of an hour. The stand of Bernabéu He had no mercy with the bad game of the Frenchman. The whistles were clear and made it clear with Mbappé. It was not the first game that 9 raised suspicions in the stands. But this time the murmurs gave way to the whistles.

Because of all the things that failed to Madridthat there were many, Mbappé It was one of the most important. That the options of tracing passed through the 9 explained it clearly Ancelotti at the press conference prior to the game: “More than we ever need his goals tomorrow.” And there was no trace of the danger that the Arsenal I had to endure through Mbappé. He was not able to shoot between the three sticks or threaten to border. A farewell to the dark, sad Champions League. The worst version of the new times that has been left out of the competition that continues to take away the dream.

The nine attempts

2016-17. Juventus, in semifinals The appearance of Mbappé in the Champions League was extraordinary. He was a 17 -year -old kid. Its premiere was September 27, 2016: Monaco 1 – Bayer Leverkusen 1. His team put the Champions Legs above and reached semifinals, loading in the first Manchester City of Guardiola. It was in eighths where it shone Mbappéwith goals in the first leg and the return. His path was ended in the semifinals: Juventus prevented the Monaco from being the rival of Madrid in Cardiff. In nine games, Mbappé made six goals. The first in the competition was in 5-3 against City in the Etihad.

2017-18. Real Madrid, in eighths. In his first year in Paris, An excellent group phase (five victories and one defeat) did not avoid the PSG an infernal crossing in the round of 16: the champion, Real Madrid. The 3-1 of Bernabéu was finished by the team of Zidane with a 1-2 in the Princes Park. Kylian scored four goals in that edition, all in the group stage, in a total of eight games.

2018-19. Manchester United, in eighths. A debacle. First of his group, in which Liverpool and Naples were, the PSG gave its presence in rooms after winning 0-2 in the first leg in Old Trafford. However, a hand detected by the VAR in the discount turned the return into a tragedy for Tuchel's PSG. Marcus Rashford signed 1-3 from the penalty spot and cut the path of the PSG and Mbappé. As in the previous season, Kylian scored four goals – one of them against Manchester United, in Old Trafford – in eight games.

2019-20. Bayern, the lost final. The pandemic season is the closer Mbappé of being European champion. With Neymar and Kylian as banners, the PSG reached the final. In Lisbon, the unique match knocked out Atalanta and Leipzig to a single game. But in the final he fell to Bayern de Hansi Flick Thanks to a lonely goal from a Frenchman, they eat. The disappointment was tremendous for Kylian. The Champions League ended with five goals, all in the first phase. Before the witches he made the first of the three he has in Champions. He played the 10 games.

2020-21. Manchester City. Semifinals. That course marked the top scorer of Mbappé in the Champions League: eight goals in ten games. After leading the PSG in the eliminations of Barcelona and Bayern, The ticket to the final were played before him Manchester City. However, a four-day muscle injury prevented him from being in the attempted attempt of 1-2 embedded in the first leg. Without Kylian, the PSG fell 2-0 in the Etihad and said goodbye to the final.

2021-22. Real Madrid, in Eighths. A demanding group phase, with Manchester City as a leader, and a raffle repeated for an UEFA error condemned the PSG to face Real Madrid in eighths. In Paris, where Messi failed a penalty, Mbappé He decided with a goal about the time. In Bernabéu it was received as the signing that was taken for granted. He scored three goals, but the VAR canceled two. All that, before the madness of a night that ended up winging the chair and Madrid in the quarterfinals. Mbappé said goodbye to the Champions League before spring. He closed the competition with six goals in eight games. In May, he renewed with the PSG

2022-23. Bayern, in the round of 16. Another fall in February, at the first crossing. Two draws in the group stage against Benfica left the PSG in the second position by goals difference. The raffle, unavailable, matched the Parisians with Bayern. Without goals from Mbappé, the pass to rooms sealed the Bavarian with victories 0-1 and 2-0. Kylian's scorer account stayed in seven.

2023-24. Borussia Dortmund, semifinals. Up to six times, between the first leg and the return of the semifinals, the PSG of Mbappé and Luis Enrique He crashed into the posts. His offensive flow remained at zero, while Borussia Dortmund scored a goal in each game: Fill mug y Hummels They were the executioners. The final against Madrid was for the Germans. On May 7, 2024, the history of Mbappé In the Champions with the PSG. 64 games were left behind and 42 goals. But he did not achieve the big goal: to be champion. For that he signed for Madrid.