Real Madrid is well placed to go back-to-back in the Champions League, after he has achieved the last eight of the competition. Kylian Mbappe would especially like Los Blancos to claim glory again, because it would be his first time to win the iconic tournament in his career.
Last week's nail round of 16 victory over Atletico Madrid has set up a quarterfinals of the Champions League against Arsenal, and as Real Madrid's progress of that draw, Mbappe could come face to face with the former Paris Saint-Germain club. However, he does not yet think of that possibility, as he told Le Parisien (via Marca).
“It would be the worst mistake to think about that. Last year everyone took a PSG-Real Madrid final for a matter of course and in the end we did not reach the final. So I only think of Arsenal, who will be our opponents in the quarterfinals in the quarterfinals, and my team, who have to go to all competitions.
In recent months, Mbappe has been locked up in a legal fight against his former club, about which he gave a small update.
“It's in the hands of the lawyers. I think it will be resolved soon, so it's not something I'm worried about.”
Mbappe also spoke about the various spells of shape he has passed since he made the switch to Real Madrid last summer.
“It is not the first time that I have experienced a situation like this. What happens is that my status is now different and the expectations and the consequences are. I have had other difficult moments, but they have spoken less about it because I did not have the same status.
“Yes, I understand. I keep saying that what has changed everything around me is, the way people look at me, more than me, which initially had a hard time. A European championship that you don't win, in which you don't play well, an end of the season at PSG in which you play much less …
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