Giving Kylian Mbappe a grade for his Real Madrid start 📝 | ESPN FC

On ESPN FC Live, Don Hutchison, Luis Miguel Echegaray and Mark Donaldson look at Real Madrid’s start to the season with their new superstar signing, Kylian Mbappe.

[abody]

You can't underestimate the difference without Kroos. You can add whichever forward you want, but when you lose a guy like Kroos, it makes no difference. He was the one who could put the ball into any space in the final third, quickly, and where it allows the forwards to hurt the opposition. This made is tough for the opposition to defend because they needed to cover the full width of the pitch. Now that threat has gone, it's much easier to just crowd the forwards.

[straight--the-point]

Nah 2 non-penalty goals in la liga and mostly overwhelming, it’s clearly a D

[ramziyanez]

Guy said that Real Madrid still hasn’t gotten going and blamed the midfield. Yes they don’t have Toni Kroos but with all that talent up front they’ve been bang average. KM gets a C no more no less. 2 non-penalty goals in the league.

[abody]

What's Hutchison even talking about. Camavinga and Tchouameni _are_ defensive midfield players. That's not the problem. He's all over the place in what he's saying. He begins talking about Makalele and Casemiro - that type of player is already in the squad. They haven't lost that side. The problem with the galacticos was selling Makalele. In this instance the problem is Kroos' retirement - he wasn't a defensive midfield player. When he played as the lone pivot, he had his worst performances, City away 0-4 being the most obvious. Kroos played his best as an inside left, with Casemiro in the middle doing the defensive work. Then later he played in the double pivot, firstly with Valverde, which was an adaptation to injuries leaving them without a defensive midfielder. Modric isn't that player.

Camavinga will be considered the best defensive midfielder in the world after the next few seasons. When you compare him to any midfielder you want, no one has better stats for defensive actions. Compare him last season to any of Rodri's best 2 seasons and you'll see Camavinga is better at that specific aspect.

[Barca_supremacy]

This is the only way
Real Madrid could win El Classico
Barcelona get a early red card
than Real Madrid get a few penalties

[R.R.S.]

If you can think for yourself and not influence by the latest internet trend to overreact about his performance you would say B+ is a fair assessment

[Bayeniang]

The problem of Madrid for me is if The midfielders want to be striker even there’s guy in front like mbappe and vini

[_AX]

El clasico

Ancelotti sneezes :

Penalti a favor del Real Madrid!
Penalti a favor del Real Madrid!

[olene]

I stopped the video at ' B+', no need to continue watching...

[avikellerman]

Trying to save face from their earlier predictions and save the reputation of their golden calf.

No way he gets a B+. More realistic is C or C+. B- at the very highest if you're being extra generous.

His numbers don't look bad at first glance. But when you take away the penalties they begin to look very underwhelming. His overall play hasn't exactly lit up opponents either. A good chunk of the time he looks lost and isn't effecting games. B+ is almost an A- and Mbappe has been nowhere near that level. To claim he's anywhere close is a lie. Plain and simple. The expectations and narratives before the season began were that RM and Mbappe would shatter records and shatter the league. Instead grandpa Lewandowski has the same amount of non pen goals in the league as Mbappe, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Valverde combined. Throw in Bellingham for good measure. Embarrassing.

[manuelnoriega]

I can't believe they gave him a B+😂😂😂

[anthonysalgado-nava]

Are these guys serious? This guy at best has played at a C. Real Madrid are scraping by games, and Mbappe isn’f performing particularly well either

[odora_allan]

come to the University please!!! UOP We need some support too Jason

[SaucyboyShaun]

Mbappe gets a c for me hasn’t stood out yet in particular but later by the end of the season he’ll have a rating of a b- or b

[JYSportsNewsFootballOfficial]

WHO THINKS MBAPPE IS THIS SEASON'S BALLON D'OR WINNER

[lawcounsel]

Sale Vinicious 1B to Saudi oil & let Mbappe to play his right place.

[SlightlyTired]

mVARppe gets help from the refs and pundits haha he’s a farmers league player

[kC-wpyd]

Thanks for the penalties his stats look decent. However it should be said that he is not a great player. Just average

[elramillete]

hahahaha... seriously this guy get "information" from The what a "pro"... BTW Mbappe have 5 goals with 2 penalties gifts from the referees in LaLiga

[resistenciacule]

they watch el chiringuito what did you expect? a brain?