{"id":2003,"date":"2026-04-24T18:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:45:39","slug":"mbappes-madrid-century-how-the-frenchman-measures-up-to-cristianos-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/mbappes-madrid-century-how-the-frenchman-measures-up-to-cristianos-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe&#8217;s Madrid Century: How the Frenchman measures up to Cristiano&#8217;s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-21.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-21-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-21-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As Kylian Mbappe prepares for his 100th appearance for Real Madrid against Real Betis this Friday, we examine how his start in the Spanish capital compares to the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 16, 2024, a capacity crowd at the Santiago Bernabeu held its breath. Kylian Mbappe graced the turf of his new home for the first time as a Real Madrid player. What began as a glitzy unveiling has evolved into a hundred-game odyssey; this Friday against Betis, the story reaches its 100th chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone provides the perfect vantage point to compare the France national team captain with the man who remains the club&#8217;s ultimate benchmark: Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Kylian Mbappe prepares for his 100th appearance for  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}