Away from home, Mbappe scored both goals for Real Madrid against Benfica, bringing his total number of goals in the Champions League this season to 13. However, Real Madrid still lost to Benfica 2-4. The final goal of the match was scored by goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin in the 90+8 minute, helping Benfica get a ticket to the play-off round.
For Real Madrid, this defeat caused them to drop to 9th place, lose their ticket straight to the round of 16, and have to play in the play-offs. "The problem is not in quality, nor is it in tactics. The problem is in having a desire to win more than the opponent.
With Benfica, they feel that everything is threatened, but we don't. That's the problem. Before the match, both teams had goals to strive for: we maintained a position in the top 8, and Benfica was in the top 24. We saw that at Benfica, but you didn't see that at Real Madrid," Mbappe said after the match.
This defeat continues to expose Real Madrid's unstable form this season. Recently, they parted ways with coach Xabi Alonso and promoted Alvaro Arbeloa to replace him.
"Trong bong da, tran dau bat dau tu phut 0 chu khong phai phut 45, vi vay cuoi cung that bai la xung dang. Toi khong the noi la khong xung dang vi chung toi da khong choi tot de gianh chien thang trong tran dau nay. Chung toi da khong choi tot va ho da choi tot. Benfica tren san nha luon la mot doi thu kho choi. Chung toi da biet dieu do tu truoc va toi nghi do la loi cua chung toi.
We will see what happens, but we can come back here and if so, we will come back with a different determination," Mbappe continued.
In the play-off round, Real Madrid may meet Benfica again. Therefore, if there are no improvements in playing style, the Royal Spanish team can completely continue to suffer against this opponent.
Meanwhile, coach Arbeloa emphasized that Real did not play in the right form against Benfica. He said: "Clearly, today Real Madrid did not perform as desired, considering the difficulty of the match, the opponent, the atmosphere, their and our goal.
Toi khong nghi chung toi da co the choi tron 90 phut o dang cap can thiet. Truoc khi den day, chung toi biet minh con nhieu viec phai cai thien va voi nhung gi da dien ra chung toi nhan thuc duoc rang minh van con rat nhieu viec phai lam. De thang nhung tran dau kieu nay, ban phai lam tot nhieu viec, khong chi mot viec, va ban phai lam tot chung trong suot 90 phut”.
