A camera dedicated to Kylian Mbappe came back to bite as football fans took note of the Frenchman’s lapse in concentration proved costly in Real Madrid’s La Liga opener.
Madrid drew 1-1 in their La Liga opener away to Mallorca, with Mbappe tasked with leading the team’s three-pronged attack alongside Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.
The contest marked Mbappe’s La Liga debut and such was the intrigue in how he’d perform, fans were able to watch every move of his via a dedicated ‘Mbappe Cam’.
However, the stream only served to highlight a moment Mbappe would rather forget.
Mallorca equalised from a corner in the 53rd minute via a bullet header from Kosovan striker Vedat Muriqu.
Kylian Mbappe failed to register a goal or an assist in his La Liga debut for Real Madrid
Fans were able to track every move of the French superstar via a dedicated ‘Mbappe Cam’
Unfortunately for Mbappe, a worrying lapse in concentration was there for all fans to see
Unfortunately for Mbappe, his dedicated camera showed how easily he let Muriqu, who he was marking for the corner, escape his grasp.
The Frenchman quickly looks at Muriqu to see where his man is but then turns his back on the Mallorca striker and gets caught ball-watching.
Unbeknownst to Mbappe, Muriqu moves behind him and into space as he nods home a free header from Dani Rodriguez’s corner.
Mbappe could only stand and watch before walking away in frustration having let Muriqu go unchallenged for the header.
Fans wasted little time in sticking the boot into Mbappe on social media, with just about everyone describing his La Liga debut in the same way.
@FCB_Yamalismo wrote on X: ‘They made a Mbappe cam just to provide us with better angles of his stinker’.
@flygodT added: ‘They better drop the video of that special Mbappe cam, let’s see closeups of this stinker.’
@faizaanfcb said: ‘They set up a special Mbappe cam, only for him to drop a stinker on his debut’.
Kylian Mbappe’s lapse in concentration cost Madrid badly as they drew 1-1 with Mallorca
The 25-year-old will hope his performances only get better after a fizzler of a La Liga debut
@brentisoccer13 posted: ‘Mbappe cam and he didn’t even score or win’.
@footballxis3 wrote: ‘This is going to go on all season, Mbappe Cam is devilish behaviour there’s no hiding for him damn’.
Mbappe moved to the Spanish giants on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain this summer and received a hefty signing bonus of £85.5million.
He made his competitive debut for Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup as he scored one of two goals to beat Atalanta 2-0.
Perhaps Mbappe could have got on the scoresheet against Mallorca had he and Madrid’s other attackers heeded the words of Jude Bellingham.
Mbappe scored in his competitive debut for Real Madrid as they won the UEFA Super Cup
Bellingham had words for Madrid’s attacking trio on where they went wrong against Mallorca
Post-match footage showed the England international telling Mbappe, Rodrygo and Vinicius they ‘must finish the attack’ by taking a shot rather than lose the ball, otherwise Bellingham is forced to expend his energy to track back and stop the transition.
In the post-match conversation captured by Movistar, the England international said: ‘You three, we need to finish the attack, because the running back… is f***ing hard.’
Agreeing with his new team-mate, Mbappe added: ‘That’s what I’m saying. We have to finish with something.’
Bellingham added: ‘Yeah, even… create a yard and [shoot].’
