Bellingham asked to ignore Mbappé: “He’s playing against us”

Broadcast caught the conversation between the Englishman and Brahim Díaz

The crisis at Real Madrid , caused by a season that fell short of expectations, has already started to affect the atmosphere in the dressing room. During half-time of the Champions League match against Liverpool , CBS Sports captured a moment in which Jude Bellingham asked his teammate Brahim Díaz to avoid passing the ball to Kylian Mbappé . “Don’t pass the ball to him [ Mbappé ], he’s playing against us,” said the Englishman.

Before this situation, Bellingham had already ‘ignored’ Mbappé during a conversation in the tunnel leading to the pitch. The Frenchman called the number 5 for a chat, but the midfielder left him alone and preferred the company of Rudiger and then Díaz .

The incidents occurred at half-time in a match that Real Madrid struggled to keep up with and ended in a 2-0 defeat. The match did not go particularly well for Mbappé , who missed a penalty in the 61st minute, increasing the pressure on the forward, who has nine goals in 18 games this season.

This type of situation is not something new for Real Madrid . In 2020, during a Champions League match against Borussia Monchengladbach, Karim Benzema was caught asking Ferland Mendy to avoid passing the ball to Vinicius Jr.