The excellent form of Kylian Mbappe will be decisive this season in Real Madrid's fight for trophies.
The French International scored twice in the 2-1 LA Liga Weekend Win away at Villarreal to keep Carlo Ancelotti's side directly in the title hunt.
Mbappe is now leaving for international service with France prior to a crunch run from games until the end of the campaign.
In addition to their struggle to keep the Spanish title, the charges of Ancelotti April start with a Copa del Rey Semi Semi Semi Second Been against Real Sociedad, before he was confronted with Arsenal in the Quarter Finals of the UEFA Champions League.
Mbappe is now up to 20 LA Liga goals this season with 31 in all competitions while he wants to support his promise to greatly end the campaign.
The former PSG star admitted that he was frustrated about his first few months in Madrid, amid a few small injuries, but he has started since the beginning of 2025.
His Count of 31 brings him to no. 4 on the list of Real Madrid players with the most goals scored in their debut season, Vooruit Brazilian icon Ronaldo Nazario who scored 30 in 2002/03.
The following in the sights of Mbappe are Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy, bound at 33, respectively from 20009/10 and 2006/07.
The outright leader of the first season remains Chile legend Ivan Zamarano, who scored 37 in 1992/93 after participating in Seville, and Mbappe will be sure that 32-year record in 2025.
Despite the goals that were scored by all these incredible strikers from the past of Real Madrid in those examples, there was no Champions League title at the end of the campaign in one of the four counted year.
Only in the examples of Ronaldo Nazario and Van Nistorelrooy did Real Madrid won La Liga that year with CR7 and Zamarano's debut seasons that Barcelona crowned as champions of Spain in the last settlement.
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