Mbappé defended Vinícius after the game, and told Spanish TVE: "There's Benfica's No. 25, I don't want to say his name because he doesn't deserve to be named, that started speaking badly. "Then he pulled his jersey up to here [covering his mouth] to say that Vini is a monkey five times. I heard it. There are Benfica players that also heard it."
Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe will miss Sunday's La Liga home game against Real Betis due to a knee injury but is pushing to be available for next week's Spanish Super Cup semifinal against Atletico Madrid, manager Xabi Alonso has said. The 27-year-old France captain, who equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's club record of 59 goals in a calendar year for Real in their 2-0 La Liga win over Sevilla on December 20, has a sprain in his left knee.
The European Golden Shoe or Golden Boot was launched in 1967-68 by French newspaper L'Equipe to celebrate the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of a European league. European Sports Media took over the award from the 1997-98 season, deciding it would be won on a weighted points-based system, with the goals that players score multiplied by a specific number denoted by the Uefa coefficient of the league they play in.
