Mbappé grabs the Pichichi and Madrid, with minimal effort, beats Sevilla with nine

Kylian Mbappé pulled the strings for Real Madrid 's minimal effort at the Pizjuán , where the Whites edged past Sevilla with goals from the Frenchman and Bellingham after the Andalusian side saw two red cards. The striker thus secures the Pichichi title , as he now surpasses Lewandowski by three goals, and tightens the fight for the Golden Boot . He needs two goals in the final matchday to equal Gyokeres , who has already finished the league season with Sporting de Portugal .

Ancelotti , maintaining the dressing room hierarchy, gave Vallejo the starting spot despite his inactivity and the low level of play, the Italian being far from choosing to use a youth-team partnership in the center of defense. Carletto thus rewarded Jesús for his midweek assist against Mallorca and placed him alongside Jacobo Ramón , the hero against the Balearic Islands but inconsistent at the Pizjuán.

Without defenders, without Vinicius and without competitive motivation, this Madrid is relying solely on Mbappé's desire to be Pichichi , the momentary impetus of youngsters Güler and Endrick and the professionalism of heavyweights like Valverde and Modric . Thus they briefly dominated a Sevilla side that was saved from relegation but abandoned by a fan base angry with their club's directors. The match, which in other years had been a hive of activity in Nervión, turned into a dull duel, conditioned by the two red cards that Busquets Ferrer showed to Badé and Isaac Romero .

In the 12th minute, the French center-back stopped Mbappé with a grab as he was the last defender, and the referee didn't hesitate to send him off. Caparrós' team was reduced to one man, and the game could have ended there, but Sevilla held on to their disadvantage, and Madrid, thinking about the holidays, the Club World Cup, goodbyes, and signings , didn't step up their game.

Endrick tried his luck after a through ball from Güler and Valverde cleared the defense with a shot, but the Whites barely threatened Nyland 's goal. Ancelotti moved Endrick to the right to try to create more space and give the team's right flank a little more bite, and the Brazilian responded with more desire to play. He is a natural finisher, more powerful than technical, and despite having an interesting sprint when playing on the wing, he lacks dribbling and clarity in the final pass.

Madrid based their ideas on Modric , who saw the game most easily, as usual. From his winger, a through ball came to Mbappé, who, under pressure from Gudelj, finished wide of Nyland.

Pascual made the same mistake in the Real Madrid box. The forward took advantage of a mistake by Jacobo Ramón on his way out to face Lunin alone, but his shot went wide of the side netting.

After the break, Isaac Romero completely wrapped up the game. Within a minute of coming on, the forward dug his studs into Tchouaméni's leg, and Busquets Ferrer, alerted by VAR, gave him a red card after seeing the incident on the screen.

With two men down, the Andalusians held out for almost half an epic hour, dominating possession at times, until Mbappé unleashed a low shot from distance in the 74th minute that surprised Nyland and found its way into the Sevilla net.

It was the culmination of the Whites' siege, more due to inertia than desire, on the home side's goal. Bellingham and Valverde had tried, managing just two shots on target in thirty minutes against nine players. A statistic that perfectly explained the feelings of a team, Madrid, disconnected from the competition.

Mbappé's goal, the most incisive of the Whites looking to close the Pichichi (three ahead of Lewandowski) and reduce the gap in the fight for the Golden Boot (they need two goals to tie Gyokeres), completely sank Sevilla, sentenced by Bellingham's goal in the 86th minute , cooked up by the youth players Víctor Muñoz and Gonzalo García. The first put a cross into the area, the second headed it towards goal and the Englishman, who saw a yellow card and will not play the last matchday, finished it just inches from the line.

Madrid performed at a minimal level on their visit to the Pizjuán, their last of the season, and will finish the season at home against Real Sociedad in what will be the finale of Carlo Ancelotti's tenure at the Bernabéu. The only thing left to play for are the tributes.