Real Madrid craves Kylian Mbappe's signature, no need to say more. And March 9 could be the day they mark their win over Paris St Germain in this clash. The victory in the direct battle on the pitch.
Real Madrid was named in the draw against PSG in the 1/8 round of the Champions League 2021-22. It was a match that experts had no shortage of commentary on. However, while Sergio Ramos could only return to Madrid and sit in the stands due to injury, Lionel Messi had not scored at the Bernabeu for a long time, Mbappe continued to be the main figure of PSG.
After the decisive goal in the 90th minute of the first leg, the 23-year-old striker also had 3 more goals against Real Madrid. Even though only one of them was officially recognized as a goal, those plays still showed the quality of the French striker, which made Los Blancos President Florentino Perez fascinated.
Last summer, he was willing to spend €170 million to bring Mbappe back, but PSG rejected him. For the wealthy owners from the Middle East, PSG's problem is not money. It's not a matter of "how much money". They need Mbappe for the Champions League title - a project that has resulted in the addition of the Champions League title from Ramos and Messi.
Don Perez may be hungry for Mbappe, but he is not crazy enough to accept the 200 million Euro figure that PSG challenges. The Spanish construction boss took another path - the proof on the pitch. Fate was too clever to arrange for Perez to wish in the most perfect way.
Some people may say, "if you win, everything is true", but reality clearly proves the statement that "reasonableness belongs to the winner". Real Madrid may not be stronger than PSG at the moment in star aspect, but the White Vultures have something else. What makes them different from the rest of the old continent, what has given them 13 European championships: DNA Champions League.
For Ramos, Messi, PSG is just an addition to the "Champions League", while for Real Madrid, the DNA is the absorption, accumulation and becoming the foundation right from the European Cup began in the 60s of the last century.
On that accumulation journey, Karim Benzema is one of the symbols. It would not be too much to say that, after Cristiano Ronaldo, Mbappe may have a new image to choose the next path in his career, which is Benzema.
Benzema arrived at Madrid at the age of 22, which was also promising after proving his ability at Lyon, although not as outstanding as Mbappe at the moment. He was just a "support" when in the summer of 2009, Ronaldo and Kaka appeared at the Bernabeu together.
In Ronaldo's 9 years at Real Madrid, Benzema was just a shadow, but no other striker has taken him out of CR7's partner position. No coach has left him out of the starting lineup, including Jose Mourinho, who once called him a lazy.
But it was also thanks to those 9 years that Benzema trained himself to become one of the world's top strikers. At the perfect level, if we consider all aspects of a striker - scoring, assisting, coordinating, supporting... And also his loyalty, to touch the true meaning of the nickname Big Benz that people have given him.
Mbappe came to the spotlight very early - winning the world championship at the age of 19 (Benzema was not like that), coming to a big team very early and immediately becoming a big star. Perhaps he does not understand the journey that Benzema has gone through. Mbappe admires Ronaldo for the effort and professionalism that the Portuguese superstar shows. Now, he will understand the role better, be calmer but not darker than any star.
Experts say Mbappe had a great "show-off" at the Bernabeu, while Madridista simply replied " Mbappe is in Benzema's house".
