On the eve of the Champions League match against Salzburg, the Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe he spoke at the press conference: “I’m very well. For a month or a month and a half I’ve been in a good moment. I have full confidence for tomorrow, for my match and for the team. What do I reply to the critics? I’m calm, it’s normal. People expected a lot and it’s normal for them to talk. I don’t take it personally. I knew things would change.
Has the ‘dream’ of playing for Real Madrid been overcome? Being here is always a dream. Every time I have the opportunity to play here I’m happy. Even when I wasn’t playing well, I was. It was my fault and no one else’s. And now I’m better. I’m trying to learn Spanish culture, a little different from French, but I’m working on it. And good. I like my life.
How have I changed? It was a little more of a mental thing. Physically I was fine, I was happy with the group, but I had to give more. I knew it. And it was after Bilbao that I said to myself ‘let’s go’. You didn’t come to Madrid to play badly. And now I’ve changed. In Madrid you always have to play well and now I’m ready.