Real Madrid are breathing again in the Champions League after their 2-3 victory against Atalanta on Tuesday in Bergamo, but are now holding their breath for their French striker Kylian Mbappé, released due to injury in the 36th minute.
“It doesn’t seem serious, we’ll see tomorrow (Wednesday). He couldn’t sprint, it hurt him a little and we preferred to replace him“, explained Carlo Ancellotti after the meeting.
However, the Frenchman’s evening was good since he opened the scoring in the 10th minute by opening the path to goal and getting rid of his defender with an oriented control, followed by an almost instantaneous strike.
After a sparkling first quarter of an hour, Mbappé, like his team, fell into line.
But in the 36th minute, the former Parisian signaled to his bench that he had to be replaced due to hamstring pain, Ancelotti explained after the match.
The Madrilenians, dogged by injuries at the start of the season, hope to be able to count on their star in the next matches while Vinicius Jr. et Rodrygo have recently left the infirmary and Carlo Ancelotti is preparing to recover Edward Camavinga.
After two scathing defeats, at home against AC Milan (3-1) and at Liverpool (2-0), the reigning European champions returned to victory at the end of a match at a wild pace which would have could very well have escaped them, as they still show such unusual feverishness.
With nine points, they are back in the race for qualification, at least for the play-offs between the teams ranked from 9th to 24th places at the end of this league phase.
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