A year on, divine Mbapp? returns to the Cathedral where everything changed | Sid Lowe

Frenchman?s epiphany after a missed penalty at San Mam?s in 2024 has led to a sensational 2025. Real Madrid are purring again
Kylian Mbapp? returned to the Cathedral where he experienced his epiphany in 2024, his resurrection born after hitting rock bottom, and delivered something like salvation. Exactly a year since he missed a penalty there, a bad moment he later said was a good one, the Frenchman was back at San Mam?s on Wednesday night.
Last time, he missed a second penalty in a week, an awakening accompanying failure; this time, he scored two goals in an hour and set up another, light let in through the dark again. As the Frenchman headed off the pitch early, Madrid 3-0 up against Athletic Bilbao with 15 minutes left, he embraced Xabi Alonso, who is still his manager.
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