Real Madrid‘s visit to the French region of Brittany is quite an event. Stade Brestois, as is well known, does not host the white club at its stadium, the Francis-Le Ble, as it does not comply with UEFA regulations and does so at the home of Guingamp, a much smaller town, about 100 kilometers away, but that does not prevent its fans from accompanying each Champions League match to their team in a stadium where they have also not lost, the Stade de Roudourou, with capacity for 18,000 spectators, with two wins against Sturm and PSG and a draw against Leverkusen
As expected, all French eyes are on Mbappe’s homecoming. This is not good news for Brest fans, where Kylian scored twice last season with PSG and has also scored nine goals in the ten games played, all of them with the Parisian club.
But for Kylian it is an important date after his somewhat lackluster return last October for the Lille-Real Madrid game. Ancelotti’s side lost 1-0 and the striker was a substitute as he arrived at the match very depleted after an injury. A week later, he was left out of Deschamps’ squad by his own decision. This and the trip to Stockholm put him in the spotlight in his country while he was also not taking off definitively at Madrid. To make matters worse, in the November list it was Deschamps who left him out.
Looking forward to coming back
It’s clear that for him, putting in a good performance is also a good sign for his possible return to the France national team if Deschamps, who left him out last November, sees fit. “With the national team, nothing happens,” he said. “France is like that and I can’t change what happens there. I want to come back in March; my love for the national team has not changed. But, for now, I’m only thinking about Madrid, about giving my best football,” commented the striker in his last press conference on January 21 at Valdebebas
Kylian has already expressed his desire to be on the March list. He returns to France tomorrow much more in tune, on a roll, and knows that the best message for his fans is to show his improvement at the expense of Brest, who, however, have one point more than Madrid and could even get into the top eight if they beat Ancelotti’s side.