The Barcelonista del Mundo Facebook page makes it very clear. Behind Kylian Mbappé's successes at Real Madrid lies an unconfessable secret.
In fact, Mbappé's supposed goal-scoring hegemony in Spanish soccer is built on very unstable foundations.
Mbappé: from penalty to penalty and I shoot because it's my turn
Mbappé has started his second Spanish league by scoring. Scoring from the penalty spot, a constant that was once seen with Cristiano Ronaldo, and continues with him.
It's clear that for a Real Madrid goal scorer, it's much easier to pad their statistics. Referees are much more willing to award penalties to the team in white. Even more so if it's from Madrid and presided over by Florentino Pérez.
Lewandowski is starting his fourth season in Spanish soccer. In the previous three, he had the chance to score 7 penalty goals.
7 penalty goals in his first season. He starts strong in the second
Mbappé, after the first matchday in his second Spanish season, has already surpassed the Pole and has scored 8 penalty goals. That's the difference between playing for Real Madrid and Barça.
In fact, penalties allowed Mbappé to boast last season about being the top scorer and Golden Boot winner. Mbappé scored 31 goals, and 7 of them were penalties. That is, without penalties, he finished with 24 goals.
Lewandowski, meanwhile, scored 27 goals and only three of them were penalties. That is, the Frenchman and the Pole scored the same number of goals from open play: 24.
Mbappé has already had the chance to discover how easy it is to score goals at Real Madrid. Last year, he was the sole top scorer thanks to penalties. At the start of his second season in white, he has already scored more penalty goals than Lewandowski in three years.
Something is going on here, surely Negreira has nothing to do with it. Maybe it's about Yolanda Parga or her husband on Real Madrid's payroll.
But, logically, these things aren't discussed on Real Madrid TV, Florentino's channel.