Coach Carlo Ancelotti, from Real Madrid, commented this Friday on the performances of Jude Bellingham, from the Merengue club, Kylian Mbappé, from PSG, and Erling Haaland, from Manchester City, in the first games of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Champions. Despite the poor performances of these athletes, the Italian coach issued a warning for the return matches.
“Calm down, calm down. It may be that in the first games they didn’t give their best versions, but now they will have other games and… be careful. Be careful with the three you mentioned,” he said at a press conference.
The three players had a blank in their Champions League clashes. Bellingham and Haaland faced each other last Tuesday in the 3-3 draw between Real Madrid and Manchester City, at the Santiago Bernabéu. While Mbappé did little in Paris Saint-Germain’s 3-2 defeat to Barcelona, at Parque dos Príncipes, this Wednesday.
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Ancelotti also spoke about Bellingham’s phase. The Englishman had a top-scoring start at Real Madrid, but he slowed down his goalscoring pace and found the net just three times in the last ten games for the Spanish club.
“His rate of goals has decreased, but that was a surprise. He is doing his job, which is more on the inside, but from a football point of view he is great, he doesn’t lack anything, just the goals, which earlier or later they will return.”
Real Madrid takes to the field this Saturday, at 1:30 pm (Brasília time), against Mallorca, away from home, in the Spanish Championship.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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