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Kylian Mbappe heading to 'Dream Club', it's hard to solve.
Mbappe fell.
Mbappe, who started as a front-line striker in Game 6 of the 2024-2025 European Champions League (UCL) League phase against Atalanta (Italy) at Bergamo Gervis Stadium in Italy on the 11th (Korea time), scored a valuable first goal in the 10th minute of the first half, slumped to the ground in 36 minutes. In the end, he was replaced by Rodrigo and his injury without playing in the first half.
According to the sports broadcaster 'ESPN', Mbappe felt uncomfortable with his left thigh and asked the bench to replace him. Fortunately, it does not appear to be a major injury. Even after the game, he came to the ground wearing a jumper and greeted the away fans.
However, it is a sad injury for Mbappe. Mbappe, who was constantly criticized for his below-expectations performance after moving to Real last summer, was at his peak, scoring four goals in six games from the Leganes (3-0 win) match on the 25th of last month to the Atalanta match.
On the same day, he received a pass from Brahim Díaz and quickly took off the defense and scored with a powerful right-footed shot that tore the net. He was praised for regaining his unique movement to find a space optimized for shooting and accurate shooting ability aimed at the bottom of the goal. About four months later, he even felt that he had melted into the team.
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He added to his regret by setting a monumental record of his 12th goal of the season and 50th goal of his personal UCL. Mbappe scored 50 UCL goals in 79 games for Paris Saint-Germain and Real, becoming the fourth shortest goal scorer after current Leicester City coach Ruud van Nistelrooy (62 games), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, 66 games), and Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, 77 games).
Real, who lost Mbappe, managed to win.
Real manager Carlo Ancelotti set up an attack with Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham, Díaz and Mbappé, who returned from injury. Federico Valverde and Dani Sevayos are in charge of the midfield, while Lucas Vázquez, Aurelián Chouaméni, Antonio Rudiger and Fran Garcia are in charge of the four backs. Thibaut Courtois defended the goal.
Real, which was leading by Mbappe's early first goal, ended the first half 1-1 after Mbappe was replaced by an injury and, to make matters worse, failed to keep the lead by giving up an equalizer to Charles de Ketelaire with a penalty kick in extra time in the first half.
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But 'Real is Real'. Vinicius scored a brilliant comeback goal in the 11th minute of the second half, giving the team the lead again. Three minutes later, in the 14th minute of the second half, Bellingham ran away by scoring his team's third goal with a fantastic left-footed shot.
Real gave Ademola Lukman a comeback goal in the 20th minute of the second half, but ended the game with a 3-2 victory without additional goals.
Real, who lost face after losing two consecutive UCL losses earlier, jumped to 18th place in the league phase with 3 wins, 3 losses and 9 points.
On the other hand, sensation Atalanta suffered its first loss of the season after five undefeated matches. It dropped to 11th and 9th place.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
