Of course, Madrid is going to have more problems on their hands if they can't manage to resolve their team issues now it's this early. And yes, again, Mbappe's move means that there's plenty of expectations of him and the entire team as well. There is undue pressure for him to deliver some of his best performance(s) this early — including a couple of folks here on this thread who immediately said Real Madrid would win the UCL simply because they did it before even signing Mbappe so their thesis is that, it should be way more easier with Mbappe now in the team.
Bayern + Liverpool + City + Leverkusen (and probably Inter) are teams that could excel this season.
and I remember quoting some that it's too early to decide just because they had a win over Atalanta, adding to their collection at the beginning of the season,Atalanta wasn't on form right before they even played the and even if they were they can't still win them(Atalanta can't win realmadrid)I think.Thus at the moment , it seem they are having injury issue which we can all confirm, though I still doubt them getting through to the Finals this season but let's see how it goes after the injury players returns but for now their performance is not even gonna get them through to the knockout stage
tbh...