Real Madrid beat Kairat Almaty 5-0 on Tuesday, and just like the scoreline makes it seem, it was never even close.
From the minute Real Madrid scored their first goal, they were in full control, and it did not seem like they could stop scoring.
Honestly, they should have had a sixth and a seventh as well, but Mbappé did have a huge miss in the second half, and there were a couple of other chances that should have gone in.
One of those was of Franco Mastantuono, who, after receiving the ball with acres of space inside Kairat Almaty's half, took too long to be comfortably onto the ball with his preferred left foot.
Steve McManaman gave some advice to Franco Mastantuono on Tuesday
After that, former Real Madrid player Steve McManaman, who was commentating on the game, talked about his one-footedness, and said: "The only slight criticism you would have of Franco Mastantuono is that he wants to come onto his left foot all the time. He has to get onto his right foot at times, otherwise the defender will mark him out of the game quite comfortably."
While he genuinely has a point, it is not fully true.
The one goal Mastantuono has scored this season was with his right. In fact, the best chance Mastantuono had to score on Tuesday night against Kairat Almaty was when he got the ball inside the box and shot with his right foot, forcing a good save out of the goalkeeper.
Yes, Mastantuono has the tendency to use his left foot more than his right, and he does need to work on it, but it does not mean he has not used it all season.
His goal against Levante was a well-taken finish with his right foot, and many of his linkups have come with his right foot too.
Also, he is only 18 years old. There is so much time for him to be working on his weak-foot capabilities, so even if he is slightly more one-footed than he should be now, that is not necessarily a terrible thing.
It is a learning curve, and every player has to get through it at some point. McManaman does have a point, of course, he does, but it is not quite as bad as he may have thought at first.
To be absolutely fair, players don't necessarily become two-footed overnight. Likely, it never happens, but there is a chance Mastantuono learns from missed opportunities like the one from Tuesday.