Liga | Deportivo Alavès – Real Madrid | Kylian Mbappé, the regular of frustration expulsions

At the time, he said “Hope it is the last“. In January 2018, Kylian Mbappé received from the first red card of his career after a nasty sole on Ismaïla Sarr during a semi-final of the League Cup against Rennes (2-3). Leaving the field, the French striker then addresses the camera, considering having” taken the same thing “the previous week, complaining about a dangerous outing of Anthony Lopes sanctioned.

“We were not very good and, as we go along, we are more and more frustrated, less and less lucid and we make an unfortunate gesturehe justifies after the meeting. It's not upon him (Ismaïla Sarr, editor's note) that I want I. (…) But the fact that my injury in Lyon was not sanctioned, I still have it across the throat. “The ex-star of Paris Saint-Germain finally receives two suspension matches.

In Nîmes, Paris is doing, not without difficulty (2-4). At the end of the match, while receiving the ball in the midfield, Mbappé tries to gain speed Téji Savanier. The ball passes, not him: the Nîmes commits a very nasty fault. Furious, the attacker gets up immediately and shakes up the midfielder under the eyes of the referee. The two men are expelled.

“If it is to do again, I will do it againhe insists afterwards. And I will apologize to all the supporters and everyone, but I cannot tolerate this kind of gesture, it has nothing to do on a soccer field. The same fault where there is an intention to play the ball, there is no problem, but he had no intention of playing the ball, we all saw it. But now, it is not serious, I will defend myself before the commission“She decides to inflict three suspension matches.

An expulsion in the league cup, another in Ligue 1 and … one last in the French Cup. In the final, this time. While Rennes and PSG fail to decide on at the end of the extension (2-2), Mbappé loses the ball … and its nerves. His big sole of the knee of Damien Silva earns him a direct red card and we can no longer logical.

“He had some muscle problems on Fridaytries to defend his coach then, Thomas Tuchel. Maybe it was in his head. He is usually very reliable in matches like that. One has the impression that he lacked confidence, and that he did not feel free. The red card at the end, it is not him. “He is again sentenced to three suspension matches.