Real Madrid’s signing of Mbappe after years of pursuit was likened to a dreamy image – typically “the next diamond in the Royal Crown”. It was a combination that was predicted to “bring terror” to all opponents. However, up to now, that combination seems incompatible. Either the crown is too big for the diamond, or the diamond is too heavy for the crown, in either aspect, they are the subject of gossip on social media.
But is it that important? Could Real Madrid and Mbappe be the wrong combination, as happened with Eden Hazard? Mbappe is a big star at PSG, the “little prince of Paris”, but Real Madrid are on a different level to be mentioned, even if President Florentino Perez is the one who most desires to bring the French striker to the Bernabeu.
Mbappe will have to learn to face the real world, somewhere, he has to learn, lower his ego, be ready to change to adapt and improve himself. Cristiano Ronaldo - Mballe's idol, is a typical example.
For the Vietnam National Team, the real world of the present is to accept that the position is no longer the same as before. From there, each player must also accept that, accept lowering the ego, lowering the position a little after a series of lessons on the past journey with the team's failures and unconvincing matches.
Coaches do not teach players how to play football, but how to think about playing football in a group (or many). In one place, a star may be a player, but in another place, it is not certain that he will still be that player. It requires each player to have the ability to control himself, control his emotions…
Is Mbappe really misplaced? Surely no one dares to affirm that right now, because just like the way coach Pep Guardiola is having trouble with Manchester City, when they know how to face the real world, their level is enough to overcome and what is happening now is just a short period.
Vietnamese football in particular, and Vietnamese sports in general, if not ready to face change, will only achieve results within the region. A few achievements in the continental and world arenas are not an affirmation of the common strength!
