Kylian Mbappé, Real's surprise announcement before Liverpool

Shock announced for this 5^e day of the Champions League, the meeting between Liverpool and Real Madrid has become a great classic of the C1. A remake of the 2018 and 2022 finals, the confrontation will be the ninth between the two clubs in ten years. And the results are currently clear since the Merengue have won seven of the eight previous oppositions, for a draw.

But Liverpool have a golden opportunity to settle some scores. And not only because of the form displayed since the start of the season by the Reds, intractable leaders of the Premier League. If it reassured itself this weekend by dominating Leganes, Real Madrid does not display the same certainties and will have to deal with a cascade of absences including those of David Alaba, Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal and Aurélien Tchouameni in the offensive sector as well as those of his two Brazilian arrows Rodrygo and Vinicius.

A double for Kylian Mbappé?

The absence of Vinicius will mean that Kylian Mbappé will be lined up in the left lane, his favorite area of ​​expression. And the French world champion will be particularly awaited. “You can have a great match there. With the shape that is yours and the spaces that there will be, it is a meeting for you “, Carlo Ancelotti told him after the match against Leganes, according to Defensa Central.

And the Italian technician was not the only one to encourage the former Parisian. It was the same for Carlo Ancelotti, who took the trouble to call him on the eve of the Madrilenians' departure for Liverpool in order to renew all his confidence in him and share with him a premonitory dream in which the French world champion scored two goals.

On the Liverpool side, distrust is in order. “ I'm not the coach of Real Madrid, so it's not up to me to choose his best position. But whatever position he plays, he is one of the best players in the world,” Arne Slot said about him.