Con the arrival of Kylian Mbappé to Real Madrid, The white team will now have one of the most powerful forwards in the history of football. In one year, Ancelotti has gone from having Joselu as the only center forward – on loan from Espanyol – after Benzema’s departure to Saudi Arabia to having a dream portfolio of offensive alternatives that he himself has created and which the French star joins. (besides Endrick). But what will be Mbappé’s position at Real Madrid in 2024/2025?
The first thing to understand is how the French striker has played in recent times in Luis Enrique’s PSG, where he has alternated performances as a left winger, where he feels most comfortable, with pure forward exercise as a center forward. Already with Pochettino, When he still shared a dressing room with Messi and Neymar, Mbappé formed both a 4-4-2 and a 4-3-3 formation..
Mbappé, behind the winger
In any of the tactical flexes, Mbappé was free to move on all fronts of the attack. This ability has been exploited to the fullest by Carletto on the road to ‘La Decimoquinta’, with Rodrygo and Vinicius continually swapping their positions. Mobility was maintained even in scenarios in which Real Madrid played with a fixed forward in attack like Joselu.
Mbappé’s arrival at Real Madrid initially anticipated problems with the fit of positions, but the Frenchman’s arrival at the Bernabéu occurs in very different circumstances than a couple of years ago. The white team has a well-recognizable scheme and an established dressing room. Still, public messages have been reassuring. Above all, by Viniciusa clear candidate for the Ballon d’Or and who would compete directly with Mbappé, as the natural position of both is on the left flank.
The Brazilian recently said that he feels comfortable breaking in from inside, from where he has scored a good number of goals in an outstanding season. Therefore, Mbappé’s involvement, always from his position as a figure, is presented as a blessing, more than a challenge, for Ancelotti. Because if anyone is capable of bringing together so many ‘egos’ and turning them into a team, it is him.
Mbappé in a 4-4-2 with Vinicius
Real Madrid’s starting formation, which has given it so much success in the season that has achieved the treble of the League, Super Cup and Champions League, is the 4-4-2 with two mobile men up front. This season, most of the time Ancelotti has formed with Vinicius on the left and Rodrygo on the right. What is clear is that, in any scenario, the greatest sacrificed with the arrival of Mbappé is the ’11’ of Real Madridwho before the Champions League final made some controversial statements when he considered Manchester City “the best team in the world.”
With Vinicius and Mbappé at the forefront of the attack, the 15-time European champion would have the most lethal forward line in Europe and without the need to have a pure ‘9’, a position in disuse. Today’s football is marked by tactical rigor and scenarios that are fought through the mechanisms instilled by coaches.
However, the combination between the Brazilian and the Frenchman, with Bellingham and Valverde as escorts, will be anything but predictable. Of course, with this impossible duo the role of a double pivot who watches their backs in the face of losses and quick transitions will be essential, because neither Vinicius nor Mbappé are two players who are characterized by their defensive sacrifice.
Mbappé in 4-3-1-2 with Bellingham
Within the same match, the Champions League-winning Real Madrid has metamorphosed, like most modern teams. The 4-3-1-2 has been common, both at the start and in offensive transitions, to break the 4-4-2 that works better when the white team has the ball at their feet. In this formulation, also applicable with the arrival of Mbappé, The Frenchman would form with Vinicius in the attacking duobut both would be accompanied by Bellingham, who has shown this season to have an enormous arrival (23 goals and 13 assists).
Mbappé in a 4-3-3 with Vinicius and Rodrygo
There are so many variants that Ancelotti’s Real Madrid has that there are scenarios in which the three big men of the white attack can play. That is, Vinicius, Rodrygo and Mbappé. It would be with the 4-3-3 variant in which Mbappé would occupy the left flank, with Rodrygo on the right and the one from São Gonçalo up front.
“Vini can play there, because he has learned to move without the ball and attack the back. “He is very cold in front of the opponent’s goal,” Ancelotti said after the ‘broken’ caused by the Brazilian to Bayern at the Allianz Arena. By name, brand and expectation, Mbappé is the great star of Real Madrid, but currently the franchise player Of the Chamartín team is Vinicius, the only one who, to date, has shown that he can put the most winning team in history behind him, even in the few difficult moments he suffers.
Mbappé at the top in a 4-2-3-1
The last magic formula that Ancelotti’s board will discover is the one that takes advantage of all the offensive resources of Real Madrid, with Mbappé as a center forward, a position in which he has played with Luis Enrique at PSG. In the Parisian team he had Barcola or Dembélé as companions on the wings. At Real Madrid it would be Rodrygo and Vinicius, both in their natural positions – on the right and left. to which Bellingham would join in a powerful line of three that would balance this scheme.
With this 4-2-3-1 the virtues of each of the components of an attack that aspires to exercise its tyranny in LaLiga and on the European scene would be profitable. An alignment in which Real Madrid is going to form with three of the five players with the highest market value in the world (Bellingham, Mbappé and Vinicius). All of these are schemes and formulations about the role that the carousel of stars of the European champion will play to their liking for the enjoyment of Real Madrid fans, who are experiencing an incomparable time.
2024-06-04 10:50:39
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