Kylian Mbappé dedicated his Panenka penalty against Villarreal to his Real Madrid teammate Brahim Díaz after he spectacularly missed his spot kick in the Africa Cup of Nations final—but his actions have been branded “pathetic” by pundit Walid Acherchour.
With Real Madrid 1–0 up thanks to Mbappé’s close-range stab shortly after the half-time interval, the French talisman won the visitors a penalty in stoppage time. Mbappé picked himself up, brushed himself down and sent Luis Junior diving the drop way with a dainty dink right up the middle of his goal.
