The fringe that was missing for Mbappé’s signature

If Kylian Mbappé still had any doubts about the advisability of signing for Real Madrid, the Whites dispelled them with a night that brought together all the ingredients that make up the legend of the thirteen-time king of Europe. First there was drama, then suspense and, finally, an explosion of orgiastic happiness after the display of pride, character and race by a tireless team that always fights to the end and is capable of turning the exceptional into everyday life. The Chamartín team, galvanized by the spell of the Santiago Bernabéu, signed another comeback against PSG for history against the club that aspired to change the established order forever and closed the last fringe that was missing for the signing of the crack called to mark an era in the renovated arena of Paseo de La Castellana.

The Bondy star has always made clear his ambition to become the best footballer on the planet and win big titles, something he already knows will be more difficult if he renews with PSG. He landed in 2017 with the purpose of winning the Champions League and five years later he still does not touch the ‘orejona’. He played a final, a semifinal and fell three times in the second round. Five consecutive fiascoes that have brought him face to face with reality. The throne of football is far from Paris.

The image of a PSG in decomposition and plunged into fratricidal wars for which the two recitals offered by its top star in the Parque de los Príncipes and in the Santiago Bernabéu were not enough contrasted with the vigorous face of a team in full communion with its swollen, which more than fulfilled the role they expected in the noble zone: flattery for the figure called to be the future flagship before carrying on wings a squad that felt like never before the mystique of the great nights that cemented the European glory of Real Madrid.

Vindicated

Juanito’s soul beat in that tremendous final half hour that definitively elevated Modric and Benzema to the pantheon of the white gods. The Croatian promoted the comeback with a display of energy and talent that finished consecrating him as the best midfielder in the history of an entity that has seen legends such as Miguel Muñoz, Zoco, Pirri, Fernando Redondo or Zinedine Zidane parade through its engine room . The validity of him in the front line of him at 36 years old defies all established conventions about the longevity of footballers. No other helmsman on the current scene resists comparison with the Balkan.

For his part, the French striker revealed the nonsense involved in delivering the last Ballon d’Or to Messi just a few months ago. Rosario lives the sunset of him, while that nine with a soul of ten improves over the years. That ‘France Football’ has not enthroned him at this point is a joke in bad taste. At 34 years old, he is three goals away from surpassing his most productive campaign in terms of scoring since he landed in Chamartín and he is already the third best scorer in the 120-year history of Real Madrid. The transcendence of him since Cristiano Ronaldo left acquires gigantic dimensions and is another ally to consummate that open secret that is the signing of Mbappé.

The third big winner of an unforgettable night was Carlo Ancelotti. The criticism of the technician has been ruthless. Despite having Real Madrid caressing its thirty-fifth League title with eleven games remaining, they were required to give it a go in the Champions League, the competition that engulfs everything. And the old silver fox did not hesitate. He once again took cover behind his Praetorians and emerged vindicated from a battle that once again demonstrated that his return was a full-fledged success.

The doomsayers have been predicting for some time that the block would fall due to the lack of rotations, but the whites have reached the decisive stretch of the season in physical and mental prime. Much of the credit for the first can be attributed to Antonio Pintus, whom the club rescued last summer after a course that left a bleeding injury that devoured Zinedine Zidane. In the second, he weighs heavily the pineapple of a locker room accustomed to becoming strong when the storm rages.

Curves await on the horizon, with a Champions League quarter-final draw that will be full of roosters. But the victory against PSG has triggered the actions of Real Madrid for the Saint-Denis final. The king of Europe strikes fear again, defending the honor of football’s usual romantics against the petrodollars that pervert the market. Money can’t buy everything.