Cristiano Ronaldo is Kylian Mbappe's idol, and there are many similarities between the two in their first season at Real Madrid.

兩人都在俱樂部伯納烏球場受到了超過8萬名球迷的歡迎。去年夏天姆巴佩複製了羅納爾多在2009年亮相時對葡萄牙前鋒說的話，他在活動中對支援者發表開幕演講時說：“一，二，三……馬德里加油！”。

But the Real Madrid in which the two joined is very different.

24歲的羅納爾多在曼聯以創世界紀錄的8000萬英鎊（按當前匯率計算為1.04億美元）轉會而來幾周前，皇家馬德里親眼目睹了死敵巴塞羅那在佩普·瓜迪奧拉的帶領下舉起了歷史性的三冠王，包括5月份在伯納烏以6-2擊敗他們。25歲的姆巴佩在與巴黎聖日爾曼的合同到期后，以自由球員的身份加入了一支剛剛獲得西班牙和歐洲冠軍的球隊。

憑藉周末對陣萊加內斯的梅開二度，姆巴佩現在已經追平了羅納爾多在2009-10賽季代表皇家馬德里的首秀賽季的33個進球，還有近兩個月的比賽要踢，他們在著名的白色球衣中的首個賽季表現如何呢？

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Mbappe's 94 goals so far this season have come from 0 appearances, averaging 0.0 goals per game, while Ronaldo has scored 0 goals in 0 games, averaging a whopping 0.0 goals per game.

The chart below reflects this difference. Mbappe's line has more flat sections and he has failed to score in 34% of his games to Ronaldo's 0%.

Mbappe is closer to Ronaldo's overall 'game-changing' goals – defined as those that put the team ahead or equalised in the game. Ronaldo has scored 4 such goals in La Liga and 0 in the Champions League, with Mbappe scoring 0 and 0 in those games so far.

羅納爾多在對陣比利亞雷亞爾、畢爾巴鄂競技和馬賽的比賽中發揮了關鍵作用，姆巴佩在對陣馬德里競技、塞維利亞和曼城等更強大的對手時表現出色。他在2月份冠軍聯賽新的附加賽中對陣曼城的帽子戲法是他來到伯納烏后的突破之夜，他在皇家馬德里的職業生涯開局喜憂參半。

Adaptation and off-site issues

For the two star strikers, their first year at Real Madrid was not all smooth sailing.

羅納爾多在前七場比賽中攻入九球，但在10月右腳踝受傷，缺席了兩個月的比賽。他還被罰下兩次，第一次是在12月初對陣阿爾梅里亞的維克多·奧爾蒂斯的一次時機不當的踢球中吃到第二張黃牌，第二次是在次月因肘擊導致馬拉加左後衛派翠克·姆蒂利加的鼻子骨折而被直接紅牌罰下，他因停賽又錯過了三場比賽。

Mbappe has only missed two league games, both with muscle injuries, and was able to recover from a broken nose when he played for France at last summer's European Championships without surgery. He initially struggled to adapt to manager Carlo Ancelotti's winning system. His favourite left winger position was occupied by Vinicius Júnior when he arrived, and he switched to central striker.

Sources at Real Madrid – who, like all the sources cited in this article, asked to remain anonymous to protect the relationship – lost some of his spark and intensity in the months leading up to Mbappe's arrival when he clashed with the PSG board.

姆巴佩在8月份對陣亞特蘭大的歐洲超級杯上首次亮相時就取得了進球並舉起了他的第一個皇家馬德里獎盃，但他直到第四場比賽才為俱樂部攻入他的第一個西甲聯賽進球。他在11月和12月初的一周內，在冠軍聯賽中輸給利物浦和在西甲聯賽中輸給畢爾巴鄂競技的比賽中錯失了點球，他在接受皇家馬德里電視台採訪時將後者描述為他“跌入谷底”的時刻。

Both players suffered heavy defeats against Barcelona in their first season in Spain.

羅納爾多在他的球隊在諾坎普以1-0被擊敗時未能得分（在他從上面提到的腳踝受傷中恢復后的第一場比賽中，他在比賽進行了一個多小時后被換下），在伯納烏以0-2被擊敗，姆巴佩和他的球隊在10月份遭受了4-0的西甲主場慘敗，在1月份的西班牙超級杯決賽中在沙烏地阿拉伯的中立場地以5-2失利——他在後者中首開紀錄並且整體表現出色。（雙方本賽季至少還會再交手兩次，分別是4月27日在塞維利亞舉行的國王杯決賽和幾周后的聯賽次回合比賽，由於他們位於八強抽籤的對立面，也可能在5月31日在慕尼黑舉行的冠軍聯賽決賽中相遇。）

羅納爾多在2009年6月，也就是他加盟皇家馬德里之前，在拉斯維加斯的一家酒店被指控犯有性侵犯。2022年，一位聯邦法官同意凱薩琳·馬約爾加提起的訴訟不應繼續進行，她的律師通過依賴被駭客入侵的檔來玷污了這一過程。羅納爾多一直強烈否認她的指控。

去年12月，一項關於10月份在瑞典斯德哥爾摩發生的據報導與姆巴佩有關的強姦案的調查因缺乏足夠的證據而被關閉。姆巴佩在這些報導浮出水面時強烈否認了這些說法，他的律師表示，他“沒有什麼可指責的”。

Team performance

Mbappe has played more games than Ronaldo because of injuries and suspensions – Real Madrid now play more games per season than in 10-0.

The new Champions League format brings four additional fixtures (two more in the league stage and two more in the play-offs to reach the round of 16), and last season's success meant Real Madrid competed in the UEFA Super Cup, the Intercontinental Cup (the new name of the old annual Club World Cup, where they only played one) and the four-team Spanish Super Cup. Mbappe has already lifted the trophy in the first of those two competitions, and Ronaldo will have to wait until his second season at Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final to claim his first.

國際足聯新面貌的俱樂部世界盃的創建將為姆巴佩提供更多機會，以增加更多進球和在今年夏天獲得另一枚首秀賽季獎牌，他們一路打進7月14日的決賽，皇家馬德里可能會在美國主辦的比賽中參加七場比賽。

Perhaps surprisingly, Real Madrid are chasing their first ever La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble – they are 4 points behind second-placed league leaders Barcelona with nine games remaining, and in the next two weeks they will face Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals, beating Real Sociedad 0-0 on aggregate to reach the Copa del Rey final this week.

皇家馬德里在2024-25賽季的表現已經比羅納爾多的第一個賽季更好。2009年的那個夏天，弗洛倫蒂諾·佩雷斯也回歸擔任他們的第二任主席，簽下了一系列球員，包括羅納爾多、卡卡、卡里姆·本澤馬和哈威·阿隆索，俱樂部的支出超過了2.5億歐元（按當前匯率計算為2.08億英鎊/2.7億美元），創下了俱樂部紀錄。

羅納爾多因腳踝受傷缺席了比賽，皇家馬德里在11月的國王杯32強賽中以總比分1-4慘敗給第三級別球隊阿爾科孔，這一令人震驚的結果被稱為“阿爾科孔慘案”。這位葡萄牙球星在對陣里昂的冠軍聯賽16強賽中複出，在伯納烏的第二回合比賽中進球，但未能阻止皇家馬德里連續第六個賽季在該階段被淘汰。

Real Madrid got a score of 99 in La Liga – a club record – but Pep Guardiola's Barcelona did even better, claiming their third title in a row with 0 points.

What will happen?

羅納爾多那個賽季攻入的33個進球是他在皇家馬德里九年來的最低總進球數。他第二差的進球數是2016-17賽季的42個。

在與巴塞羅那前鋒萊昂內爾·梅西的個人競爭的刺激下，兩人壟斷了金球獎十年，羅納爾多從2013年到2017年的五年中有四次被評為過去12個月的世界最佳足球運動員（加上他在曼聯時獲得的2008年冠軍）。他隨皇家馬德里贏得了四次冠軍聯賽冠軍、兩次西甲聯賽冠軍和兩次國王杯冠軍，以及其他團隊獎盃，當他在2018年夏天離開加盟義大利球隊尤文圖斯時，他是他們的歷史最佳射手，在438場比賽中攻入450球。

Mbappe is still 418 goals away...... Ancelotti thinks the Frenchman can emulate his childhood idol.

'Mbappe has a lot of quality to match Cristiano, but Cristiano has set a high bar,' said Carlo Ancelotti ahead of the second leg of this week's Copa del Rey semi-final. "Mbappe has now started his career at Real Madrid and he is full of passion...... But it won't be easy for Mbappe to reach Cristiano's level, he has to work hard. ”

The legend is in contact with his apparent heir to Real Madrid, as Mbappe himself admits.

"He was my idol when I was a kid, he was my friend and I was lucky," he said after scoring his 33th and 0th goals of the season in a 0-0 home win over Leganés at the weekend, in the mixed zone of the Bernabeu. "It's an honor that he gave me a lot of advice."

在2月份的節目《洛斯·阿米戈斯·德·埃杜》的一次採訪中，羅納爾多支援姆巴佩在伯納烏取得成功。

"I say to the fans of Real Madrid, take care of this child," said Ronaldo, who is now 40 years old and still plays for Riyadh Victory in the Saudi Pro League. 'Mbappe is brilliant and Real Madrid have to help him and protect him. I have no doubt that Mbappe will bring a lot of joy to the fans of Real Madrid. ”

In his first eight months at the club, he has already brought a lot of joy to those supporters.

Additional contributor: Connor O'Neill