Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe Named Onze d'Or Winner

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been chosen as Onze d'Or, the award for the best footballer of the season that the French magazine Onze Mondial has granted since 1976 through the vote of its readers. He beat Joao Neves (second place) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (third place). In the subsequent interview, the Frenchman gave an interview in which his most human and joking side could be seen.

"Whoever thinks I am perfect does not have a television!" the forward joked. "I have proven time and time again that I can do silly things. And I agree with that. I think it is also fine. No one really knows you through television. That is why sometimes there are analyses that are out of step with reality," and he continued with an example of what he had just commented on.

"If you ask me to judge an actor of whom I have only seen the movies, I can give an opinion opposite to what the person is. That is why I do not make judgments, because I have the experience of passing to the other side of the screen and I know what it is like." Later, Mbappe spoke about his ambition, which has led him to be the player he is today, declaring himself the best in the world.

"I understand everything. I know the history and culture of my country, so I know what it can provoke when I say things like that. When I say it, it is because I think it and because it is a motivation. To do great things, you cannot go out onto the field thinking that others can do it better than you. That would be putting a limit on yourself," he said.

The Frenchman mentioned that doubt is what has kept his career so well maintained to this day. "You do not become a player so present over time if you do not think, if you do not reflect, if you do not doubt. Doubt is very important because it allows you to improve yourself, not to rest on your laurels. I constantly reflect on what I can do, what I have done, what I do."

To finish, he was asked to give a score from one to ten to his football career. Mbappe, without hesitating for a single moment, said: "A ten. The first thing I hold onto is not the goals or the titles, but that in these ten or eleven years I have not been bored for a single year. I have never pulled the handbrake."

The merengue forward never tires of scoring goals season after season; he achieved the feat of being a world champion when he was only 19 years old. What, in the public's opinion, he still lacks to be considered among the best in the world is the Champions League. Let's remember that during his spell at Paris Saint-Germain, he could never win it; now, with the Merengues, it has also slipped away from him. But there is still a lot of Mbappe ahead.

In this current season, the team is in eighth place in the standings and on Wednesday will face RB Leipzig, a match corresponding to matchday 3. It is clear that it will be a very tough season in the competition, with giants like the aforementioned PSG, which is the current back-to-back champion, Bayern Munich, which is always a contender, and Barcelona, which is having a perfect start to the season with eleven victories in eleven matches.

However, one should never doubt the quality of the club's players, as well as the mystique Madrid usually has in that European competition. The same one that took it to the quarterfinals last season despite not having a good collective game. At that time, they were close to beating Bayern at the Allianz Arena, but individual errors ended up condemning the Whites. Will today be the season in which Mbappe wins his first Champions League?