It seems that the time when Kylian Mbappe was justifiably the subject of criticism during his adaptation period at Real Madrid has passed. But who hasn’t gone through that?The initial difficulties, mostly psychological in nature, lasted for nearly half a year. The culmination of these struggles came in late November when the young Frenchman looked like a mere shadow of his former self in the Champions League group stage. He missed a penalty, and the same thing happened shortly after in a similar scenario against Athletic Bilbao.Real Madrid’s legend: “Mbappe will score more than 40 goals”That moment seemed to be the turning point for the phenomenal forward—things couldn’t have gotten any worse. Since then, starting in early December, Real Madrid has gradually been getting the Mbappe everyone remembers from his days in France, both with the national team and PSG. After his performance last night against Manchester City, it’s now official: Kylian Mbappe is back.Since December, the Frenchman has scored 17 goals in all competitions for the Spanish club, but what stands out the most is his incredible form over the last 12 days, during which he has scored in each of his last four matches. Even more impressive is the fact that in those four games, Los Blancos faced Manchester City twice and their city rivals, Atletico Madrid, once.Ole, Ole, Ole! Mbappe’s first-ever UCL hat-trick puts toothless City to bedOf course, this resurgence has not gone unnoticed by Carlo Ancelotti, a man who chooses his words carefully. Speaking about the French forward after the match, the legendary coach stated: “He can reach the level of Cristiano Ronaldo. He has the quality to reach his numbers, but he has to work, because Cristiano set the bar very high, but he is so excited to play here, he can reach Cristiano’s level” concluded legendary Italian.Kylian Mbappé hitting the “Calma” on a Champions League night at the Bernabéu 🔥Just like his idol 🤍 pic.twitter.com/VBXsF9Yptd— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 19, 2025 And that’s exactly how it should be. At the very least, that’s what he owes to all football fans.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – PLAYOFFSReturn legWednesdayBorussia Dortmund – Sporting Lisbon 0-0 (3-0 on agg)Real Madrid – Manchester City 3-1 (6-3 on agg)/Mbappe 4,33,61 – Gonzalez 90+2/PSG – Brest 7-0 (10-0 on agg)/Barcola 20, Khvicha 39, Vitinha 59, Doue 64, Mendes 69, Ramos 76, Mayulu 86/PSV – Juventus 3-1 (4-3 on agg)/Perisic 53, Saibari 74, Flamingo 98 – Weah 63/
