Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros react to Real Madrid’s 3-1 loss against AC Milan and talk about how Kylian Mbappe is not performing the way he should be. Hear the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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This was a game where sort of the same questions of this team.

I mean, you know mbappe, this is an issue with chemistry mbappe as a nine.

You see Jude Bellum realizing, oh, no one's trying to break up that back line, no one's trying to get someone to, to, to create space.

So I'll make that run.

But if you're playing as the 10, you can't make the run past the nine and then come back and play 10, you have to stay in your position, you better, you should be hoping the nine is making that run and, and mbappe just isn't making those runs.

He isn't doing the work and nine should maybe he doesn't understand how to play the nine at that level.

Bellingham for the most part, he has a much more free playing role.

It is just obvious mbappe probably is not, is not right for that position.

He, he wants to be where Vinicius is playing, but Vinicius is, is, is the better winger.

If you're, you know, Florentino Perez and you have to get rid of one of these players come this summer, that player is going to be Vinny mbappe is not the type, the same type of player as Karim Benzema.

Karim Benz is not pure, pure.

Obviously, he's not running past people.

He he is, he is controlling the ball back to to the goal speed wasn't his game speed was not his game and and going one V one against.

Yeah, it is, it is uh uh clinical finishing in, in in tight spots in knows what, what move to make ware knows how to get the ball, knows how to put himself in a ball wrapping around.

His hand needs to get that arm wrapped, directing Instagram movies.

You feel me?

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