Light years away from Leo Messi and Cristiano! Mbappé and Haaland, big disappointments

Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo 'reigned' in Europe during more than a decade. Each one to his way and with his form to play, but the two showed to be very above the rest of players, converting probably in the two better footballers of the history of the Champions League. The Argentinian, always a stair above the Portuguese, but so much one like the another marking differences that carried them to the highest during a lot of years.

But the period of the rosarino and of the of Madeira already happened and now touches that somebody take his witness and the 'crown' that both have left free in Europe. Apparently these last years, everything aimed to that the elected went to be Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, with a lot of goals already in League of Champions. The French, by his brutal speed, his big change of rhythm, his good technical and his goals, and the Norwegian by his spectacular physicist and his murderous instinct of face to the goal, few times seen along the history.

However, in 2024, having the Frenchman 25 for 26 and the Nordic almost 25, both follow without showing have level for suceder with merecimiento to Messi and to Cristiano. In this gone of chambers of the Champions League, any was to the height of the circumstances and were the two big disappointments of the European day. Neither the one neither the another marked, neither were decisive of some form for his teams, and not even approached to do a decent meeting.

Mbappé, disappeared and frustrated by Koundé

By his part, Mbappé played this Wednesday in front of the FC Barcelona in the Park of the Princes. Paris Saint-Germain did not do a good meeting and was surpassed by the Barça at all times, to exception of the first 15 minutes of the second part, that was when they traced back the initial goal of Raphinha, putting 2-1. The Barcelona went back to trace back afterwards to finish winning 2-3, and while Kylian did not do more than bumping against an imperial Jules Koundé and in front of Ronald Araújo, that did not leave to help to the side. The one of Bondy not even arrived to kick to goal and neither showed disequilibrium by band, completing a very poor performance that is criticising a lot.

Kylian, that with France has showed why many catalog him like the best of the world, now that Messi no longer is playing to the football of elite, with the PSG follows without giving the step that turn him into the successor of the Argentinian and of Christian in League of Champions. Sometimes being he one of the distinguished, as in the final of Champions of 2020 that finish carrying the Bayern, other showing so 'powerless' as the rest of his mates like the past course falling in eighth in front of the Bayern, and others being the 'victim' of the bad level of Paris Saint-Germain, as in the 'KO' of the 2022 in front of the Madrid. The subject is that by some things or by others, the attacker does not finish of 'despegar' in Europe and already has 25 years, by what if for real it wants to be the new 'king' has to win what before the 'Orejona'.

The FC Barcelona will try to avoid that this was the year of Kylian, doing well in Montjuïc the 2-3 of this gone. With Koundé to a so high level, Araújo correcting and with continuous helps of the centre of the field, the Barça already has showed that it can minimise to the French until the at all. Nevertheless, it will be necessary to have a lot of take care with him in the turn, since probably it will be 'hammered', and having the quality that has is a very able footballer to happen out of nowhere in the Park of the Princes to the big star in the City Condal. It will be necessary 'tie him' in short and achieve that it keep on being the disappointment that has been after this gone.

Rüdiger 'Ate' to Haaland in the Bernabéu

In the case of Haaland, that played the Tuesday in front of the Real Madrid, was 'erased' of the 'map' by Antonio Rüdiger. The German him it 'ate', had him controlled all the party and hardly left him turn in a pair of occasions. The Norwegian not even threw to door to put in aprietos to Lunin and was a simple island in the attack of the Manchester City. The duel, that finish with a beautiful 3-3, decided it by part of his team Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Gvardiol, that even showed to have more danger that the leading centre.

Although it is true that Erling already has showed sobradamente that is a forward that depends a lot of that the team work, play well and generate occasions that he can mark, does not leave to be chocante the inoperable that has been in the parties more 'big' so much in this edition of the Champions as in the past. The one of Leeds has more goal and mordiente up that anybody, but has to show it in the key nights of the Champions, that is the biggest competition of the world to level of clubs. For the moment, in this gone in front of the Madrid has it to him 'hit', the same that in the 'semis' of the past season, in which it played also very bad, and in the own final, in which it neither did big thing.

To Haaland the one who tendán that control it in the turn will be Rüdiger and the Madrid, that already have showed can do it. However, if the City is so comfortable in the turn as it was it in the 'semis' of the past year, can that they achieve 'enchufar' to the Norwegian, that if it achieves spaces and balloons near of the goal can be 'mortal'. It will be necessary to see if it attains to be decisive and remove this bad flavour of mouth that has left after his abysmal crash of gone in Santiago Bernabéu.