{"id":82226,"date":"2026-09-07T19:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/82226\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:35:15","slug":"mbappe-im-focused-on-the-team-real-madrid-star-plays-down-ballon-dor-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/82226\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9: \u2018I\u2019m focused on the team\u2019 \u2014 Real Madrid star plays down Ballon d\u2019Or talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 made clear his focus is on the collective as Real Madrid<\/a> fight for trophies.\n<\/p>\n

The French forward has scored 90 goals in 107 appearances for Los Blancos since he signed from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2024. But while his old club have been back-to-back Champions League winners, Real remain without either of the big two titles since his arrival.\n<\/p>\n

\u2018You have to think about how to help the team\u2019<\/p>\n

The media continues to question the compatibility of Mbapp\u00e9 with Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham, but the 27-year-old is insistent that his focus is only on winning with the collective.\n<\/p>\n

Next on their schedule is a fixture with Inter Milan to kick off continental competition, and Madrid are striving to get past the quarter-final of the Champions League for the first time since 2024.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cVery happy to be back playing in the Champions League. We always approach this competition with motivation and enthusiasm. We\u2019re in good shape. We\u2019re going to play a very demanding match, but this is the Champions League and it\u2019s a pleasure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in removing players from the squad. People like it, the press does too, and that\u2019s normal, because that\u2019s what sells. I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m focused on the team, on how we can improve. And win titles.<\/p>\n

Individual awards and the Ballon d\u2019Or debate<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you play for Real Madrid, the best club in the world, you\u2019re associated with these awards. When people see me in the street, they talk about it. It\u2019s an award that\u2019s very positive for every player. I\u2019ve made a lot of history this summer in the most important competition. But there\u2019s still a long way to go. And people are free to think who the best player in the world is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m only thinking about the upcoming matches. My experience tells me this is a long road, that every day… well, you have to think about how to help the team. And that\u2019s all for now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I score 40 and we\u2019re fighting for the league, Champions League, cup… should I stop scoring goals because if I score too many… won\u2019t we win? Of course I want to win titles, but it\u2019s not a question of choosing. You have to do both. Score goals and win trophies.<\/p>\n

Captain for France, learner at Madrid<\/p>\n

\u201cI have two different contexts: the national team and Real Madrid. Of course, in each context I have to take a step forward, but with the national team I\u2019m the captain, and here I\u2019m not. But I want to improve as a player. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd not just for France or Real Madrid, but because I want to have a better understanding of the game at any given moment. I\u2019ve had many different coaches, and that has helped me a lot to see how we can adapt to each situation. Because I always say that there are many games in one game.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 made clear his focus is on the collective as Real Madrid fight for trophies. The French…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[187,556,1807,91,557,1819,83,17,2420],"class_list":["post-82226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-champions-league","tag-france","tag-inter-milan","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-real-madrid","tag-spain","tag-vinicius-junior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}