Kylian Mbappe Injury Update: Real Madrid’s injury headaches continue as their new Galactico signing Kylian Mbappe left the pitch injured in their match against Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League on December 11.
Mbappé scored a brilliant goal in the 10th minute of the match, giving his team a much-needed goal, but had to walk off the pitch in the 36th minute due to a muscle injury. Brazilian talent Rodrygo replaced him.
Kylian Mbappe Injury Update
After the Real Madrid vs Atalanta match, Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said that the injury ‘does not look serious’. This will be a great relief for the fans as the club is already dealing with a lot of injury problems, including the Ballon d’Or finalist Dani Carvajal.
Carlo Ancelotti: “Kylian Mbappe’s injury does not look serious. It’s an overload.”
Despite the superstar’s injury, the Men in Whites finished the match by winning 3-2. After taking the lead with Mbappe’s early goal, the visitors were stunned as Charles De Ketelaere scored the equalizer from the spot.
But Vinicius Jr, who returned after an injury break, came back in style by netting in the 56th minute, giving Real Madrid the lead again. After 3 minutes, English star Jude Bellingham increased the lead, and it seemed the match was put to bed by the Mighty Whites. But their smile didn’t end for long as the home side hit back through Ademola Lookman in the 56th minute to make the score 3-2.
Real Madrid held the lead till the end to bag a valuable 3 points that would raise them to 18th on the UCL table with 9 points. They are trailing the 6th-placed Barcelona by just 3 points, and winning the remaining matches would do enough for them to get into the round of 16.
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