“I would have loved to play the classic,” said Kylian Mbappé. The French star appeared in the mixed zone to face the media and vindicate himself: “I know there are many people who don’t speak and I have to look at the press to know what they say. I prefer to speak here and face it.”
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When asked about his controversial trip to Cagliari last weekend, he said that “I had permission not to be in Madrid when I went on the trip, in that sense I didn’t understand the criticism from people. A player sometimes has to accept criticism even if he doesn’t understand it. But I don’t take it personally, it’s the way the public communicates. If they boo, it’s because they’re not happy,” he said, before adding: “I’m at 100%, I accept that today I was the coach’s fourth forward, we played well and we won. I was ready to start but it was the coach’s decision. I wasn’t angry, I respect his decision.”
And as a summary of the League, he said: “It’s very easy to analyze the season: what should you look at? The titles, and there aren’t any. We could have done something better and that’s not Madrid, which has to win.”
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When asked for his opinion, Álvaro Arbeloa said he had talked with Mbappé hours before the match, that he had explained the situation to him and that he never told him he was the team’s fourth forward.
”I think it’s great that players show their disagreement, but I have never told him he is the fourth forward. It’s obvious that four days ago he couldn’t get on the field and now it wasn’t his turn to start. In the next matchday he will be the first forward and in any case I am the coach who decides who plays and who doesn’t.”
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