An assembly of fine football talents is not always a golden bullet for glory guaranteed. We saw this with the Real Madrid Galácticos project and again with the Madrid team of the early years 2010 and history seems to be repeated with Vinicius Jr. And Kylian Mbappé. Both players are remarkably talented individuals, but data shows that the players in the same team prove to be incompatible.
Of the 6,240 minutes, Real Madrid played this season (over 68 games), both players shared 3,439 minutes. In other words: 55% of the minutes this season together with Vinicius and Mbappé are on the field with both players who contain approximately at the same time (4,631 ′ for Vini and 4,745 ′ for Kylian).
15%
During their time on the field together, only 15% of the passes that Vinicius has delivered, the French striker who is an alarming statistics, where Vinicius fits a total of 1,315 fits this season, of which only 202 went to the former PSG man who should have been his most ordinary partner. In the Spanish Super Cup, Mbappè received 30% of the passes of the Brazilian but in all Champions League matches in the 2024/25 season, this number drops to an average of 16%.
13%
There have been volatile moments of connection between the two strikers and the low -passing statistics between the two individuals is not a single street street, because only 13% of the passes of Kylian Mbappé Vinicius reached. In total, the French striker made 1,413 this season, of which only 184 came to the Brazilian winger. This is clearly clear that both players do not want to pass on to the other person.
Tackle
Despite the fact that Mbappé has won the Golden Boot, his figures have deteriorated compared to last season, because he went from scoring every 88 'to every 108'. And from participating in a goal to do the 72 ′ to do this every 97 ′. The same applies to Vinicius: he has gone from scoring every 129 ′ to this every 211 ′. And from participation every 88 ′ to this every 113 ′.
The data is alarming and clearly suggest that there will continue to be a problem between Real Madrid's star duo. Vini experienced an important slump in the last part of the season, in which the former Flamengo man only scored one goal in his last 11 games (against Arsenal, in the second stage). Although his season could be divided into 'for the balloon d'Or' and 'after the balloon d'Or' with 36% of his goals that came earlier, despite the fact that it was only three months.
Mbappé experienced a different experience when he had trouble getting started … but ended with flag and pennant. He scored ten goals in his last six games (since the Spanish cup final) and a last sprint saw him reach 44 goals and win the Golden Boot (31 goals in La Liga). The last count reflects a variety of performance with both players such as magnets who repel each other, in sporting terms: when one shines, the other fades. And vice versa.
Three nights in 2025
Of the 68 games that Real Madrid played in the 24-25 campaign, they only scored both in eight with most of the goals in the first part of the season. Since the turn of the year they have only scored three times in a single competition: Celta in the Cup (January 16), Salzburg in the Champions League (January 22) and Rayo in the competition (March 9).
Assembling them is the big task of Xabi Alonso with the Basque coach who surprised many by playing Vinicius on the right flank in the PSG game, an experiment that was short-lived and apparently did not go well with the Brazilian
Nobody doubts the individual quality of Vinicius and Mbappé, but at the moment that is not the problem, it is how they can function together with Ancelotti who do not let the couple yell and from August 4 it will be an important task for Xabi Alonso while preparing for the new season.