Each team: Although Mbappe scored a lot of goals, he has made very little collective contribution to the team.
Recently, "Every Sport" talked about Mbappe's contribution to the team's offensive end. They said that although the players scored a lot of goals, they made little contribution to the team's collective offense.
Mbappe's arrival once made Real Madrid fans full of expectations. He wore a white-clad Legion jersey and was ready to win more honors for the team. A strong forward combo with Vinicius, Rodrigo and Bellingham, who led Real Madrid to the Champions League and La Liga titles the previous season. However, Mbappe's performance did not bring explosive effects as expected, but instead seemed more like an implosion.
In the just-concluded season, Mbappe scored 46 goals, becoming the top scorer in La Liga and won the European Golden Boot Award with 31 goals. In addition, he scored 7 goals in the Champions League, 2 goals in the Copa del Rey, and 1 goal in the UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, InterContinental Cup and Club World Cup.
He also contributed 2 goals to the national team, and although Mbappe helped the team win the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup, his 42 goals in the other five events failed to help the team win the championship.
Although his main position is undisputed and many people have begun to compare him with Ronaldo, his existence has broken the team's original balance. Since he joined, Rodrigo has gone from a main player to a substitute.
Mbappe was accused of not participating in the defense and needing exclusive rights to the ball, and these criticisms have also been targeted at Vinicius. The team's defense becomes more vulnerable when the two are on the court at the same time. In fact, Real Madrid conceded 84 goals in 68 games this season, a figure that can be traced back to the 1998/99 season 27 years ago before a similar situation was found.
Mbappe's collective contribution to the team's offensive end was limited, and he only gave out three assists (two to Vinicius and one to Rudiger). In contrast, he received 23 assists from his teammates.
Vinitius and Bellingham each gave 5 assists, while substitute Rodrigo had 4 assists, Valverde had 3, Guerre had 2, and nine teammates had 1 assist each. In its first game against old club Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe perfectly demonstrated these criticisms: lack of defensive responsibility and only carries the ball by himself.