The futuristic Bernabéu is made for Mbappé

Text and subtext meet this Wednesday at the Bernabéu, where Real Madrid will face PSG and Real Madrid will receive Mbappé.

On one side, the solution to a delicate tie, which for now places the French team with an advantage.

Match as full of attractions as any of the most remembered in the history of the European Cup.

A team is not coming, it is the synthesis of postmodern football: a relatively new club – PSG was created in 1971 – generously financed by Qatari petrodollars and built with the neon that identifies Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Leo Messi.

It is a team that flashes in the landscape.

Real Madrid does not find the PSG model strange.

Florentino Pérez invented it at the beginning of this century.

The signings of Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo and Beckham definitely changed the pace of football.

A business route was established to which the most powerful clubs on the planet joined.

The stars were worth what they played and what they sold.

Unlike PSG, Madrid can ride on the back of several horses.

History allows it.

It may be the most classic and venerable of institutions, but it does not disdain the role of leader of football's most mercantile model either.

The current team represents that diverse nature.

It is a team that has the value of old gold, not shiny rhinestones.

In its own way, it's an old-fashioned team, built on players who stand out for their football stature, not their commercial stature.

That part is in charge of PSG.

On this occasion, Real Madrid has to pull history.

He knows how to do it.

He is worried about the result of the first game, but he has plenty of memory and knowledge of the competition.

He breathes the European Cup through all his pores, unlike PSG, tortured by his obsession with capturing it.

No team manages these subtle advantages better than Real Madrid.

From time to time, Florentino Pérez chooses a player as the flag of his next revolution.

This time it is Kylian Mbappe.

His brilliant performance in the first match clarified the reasons for the most publicized signing since Cristiano Ronaldo.

At this point in his career, at the age of 23, he only lacks a title - the European Cup - and an award, the Ballon d'Or. In the Parc des Princes, he did not miss the opportunity to show off his prodigious qualities.

It was the perfect party to proclaim his leadership and he did not waste it.

Undisputed footballers always stand out for their theatrical sense of timing.

Mbappé will visit the Bernabéu, which is presumed to be his next residence.

You will see a stadium designed for him.

It is not a field: it is a message to the rest of the world.

At a time of uncertainty and crisis, Real Madrid has deployed all its power to build its particular beacon of Alexandria for football and for the city, which for 70 years has moved its coordinates to the beat of the Castellana stadium.

Already in the final stage of its construction, the Bernabéu is a stadium for the future and for the next generation of players.

In Florentino Pérez's plans, it is also the essential piece in his exclusive and spectacular competition project.

It is, in short, a field to impress, the definitive lure to claim the great figures of football.

Mbappé is at the head of all and Madrid has known it since the 2018 World Cup.

If the French striker captivated Real Madrid with his dazzling performance in Paris, this Wednesday he will play in a stadium destined to captivate him.

The Bernabéu is made for him.

I'm sure he won't go unnoticed.

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