Kylian Mbappé remains scrutinized in his smallest actions since his arrival at Real Madrid.
It's old like football: sportsmen and superstition often go hand in hand. A latest trend still proves it, in France as in Spain.
Several international footballers have returned to an old fashion consisting in entering his jersey in his shorts. And among the new followers of this dress style on green rectangles are in particular a certain Kylian Mbappé.
Kylian Mbappé in the midst of a celebration.
While he used to play with shorts outside the jersey during the majority of his career, the captain of the French team changed his routine. And that succeeds rather well since the team reveals that the former Parisian has almost doubled his goal/match ratio since he made this gesture, going from 0.57 goals 1.05 per game from December.
Joao Neves, incarnation of this vintage style
Kylian Mbappé is not the only known name to play with this quickdraw. Within Real Madrid, Jude Bellingham also cultivates this style. Other players such as Eduardo Camavanga or Dani Carvajal have already tried it, unlike a Vinicius JR for example.
But the best known case evolves in Paris Saint-Germain. The nugget Joao Neves, which landed in the capital there is one and has become one of the darling of the Parc des Princes, has always returned its jersey in the shorts. ” HASu Pre -training center (CFT), it was a rule imposed in the youth teamshe had explained on the Benfica website, in comments taken up by L'Equipe. There were always two obligations to play: the jersey entering shorts and socks under the knee. Since then, I scrupulously respect this rule and I have gotten used to it. I do not know if it is more comfortable or not, but, for the moment, I am still playing with the jersey returned. I am comfortable and it became my trademark. »» It remains to be seen whether, as in Madrid, the Portuguese will inspire its own teammates …
