If there is something that can erase Barça’s smile after the rout of Bayern in the Champions League is to mention Mbappé, Vinicius and Bellingham. Three names that cause cold sweats from nightmares experienced with them as protagonists. Three players who last season were a torture for the Barcelona team and? They ruined their hopes up to three competitions.
Mbappé He eliminated them from the Champions League by scoring a double in the second leg of the quarterfinals, Vinicius He scored a hat trick for them in the final of the Spanish Super Cup and three goals from Bellingham They were decisive for the whites to win both matches in a League conquered by the Madridistas. An anti-Barça trident that now joins forces after the arrival of the French to become the Real Madrid’s great offensive weapon ahead of the Classic.
Bellingham, infalible
Bellingham, celebrating his winning goal in the Bernabéu League Classic.
With Rodrygo injured, Bellingham He will once again have the opportunity to take a step forward, get closer to the area and recover a position in which last season was a torment for rivals. Especially for him Barcelonawhom he punished harshly in the two league matches. He scored three goals for the Blaugrana in the domestic competition to be decisive in the six points that Madrid scratched from the head to head with Barça.
In the first leg Classic, Bellingham He left his signature on two occasions. The first, after hooking a superb right hand that put him in the same square Ter Stegen to tie the game, after the initial 1-0 of Gündogan. The second, turning Montjuïc upside down with a new goal with which Real Madrid came back in the 92nd minute and took three gold points. On the return from the Bernabéu, the Englishman he dressed as a hero again to score the winning goal again in the 91st minute and leave the title seen for judgment after distancing themselves by 11 points from Xavi Hernández’s then team. In the Spanish Super Cup final He would also leave his seal giving the assist on Vinicius’ first goal. Three Clásicos and three victories for Bellingham, who have not yet scored this season and who will hope to debut against those of Flick.
Vinicius, lethal
Vinicius, pointing with his fingers at his hat-trick against Barça in the Super Cup.
Precisely, the Brazilian was Barça’s other great executioner last season. The hat trick with which he dispatched Dortmund Last Tuesday he did it to the Blaugrana in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. If he destroyed the Germans in the second half, he did it to Barça in the first half. In 39 minutes the Brazilian won the title by scoring three goals.
In addition, it was also decisive in the league duel at the Bernabéu, participating in two of the three goals of the Madrid victory. Vinicius He scored the first and assisted Lucas Vázquez for the second. It’s been a while since the Brazilian has taken the measure of the Blaugrana, which is the second team against whom he has scored the most goals: seven. After 17 matches for Vini against Barcelona, his balance is 10 wins, one draw and six losses.
Mbappé, verdugo in the Champions
Mbappé, celebrating one of his goals against Barça in the Champions League last season.
And now another Barcelona nightmare has joined Real Madrid to partner in attack with Vinicius and Bellingham. After missing his first derby due to injury, the Frenchman is ready to enjoy the first classic. Big game against a rival who is afraid of him after the last clashes in the Champions League, where the brand new white signing turned out unstoppable and devastating for the blaugrana. He scored six goals against them in four games in two qualifying rounds to defeat them on both occasions in the top continental competition.
Mbappé He crossed paths with Barça for the first time in the 20-21 season. Then they met in the round of 16 of the Champions League. The now Madrid star stormed the Camp Nou with a hat trick with which he illuminated a historic win for PSG, leaving the tie resulting in a first leg that they would win 1-4. On the way back, Kylian would also leave his signature with a new goal in the final 1-1 draw in Paris. Four goals in total and a Barça nightmare.
The next confrontation of Mbappé against Barça last season. Again in the eliminatory, but in quarter finals on this occasion. With the Frenchman already counting the days to be a Real Madrid player, this new duel against the Blaugrana had overtones of a classic for Kylian. Real Madrid fans were waiting and Mbappé did not disappoint. After PSG’s initial defeat in Paris, in the return the Frenchman scored a double to lead the comeback of Luis Enrique’s team and silence Montjuïc. Once again Mbappé shattered Barcelona and left him out of the Champions League with a new recital.
