"It's so nice to see Mbappe flying!"
Jude Bellingham, the Real Madrid midfielder, was delighted with his teammate Mbappe's hat-trick against Manchester City.
Real Madrid won 3-1 against Manchester City in the second round of the European Champions League playoff at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain on the 20th (Korea time) thanks to Killian Mbappe's hat trick. They reached the round of 16 with a combined score of 6-3 in Game 1 and 2, including a 3-2 away victory in Manchester City. Mbappe, who took over Asensio's pass to the gate in the fourth minute of the first half, scored the first goal with a sensational chip shot over the goalkeeper's height, then took over Rodrigo's pass in the 33rd minute of the first half and cut the net with his right foot in a one-on-one situation. In the 16th minute of the second half, he completed a hat trick with a calm left-footed shot past Foden.
Bellingham, who made a decisive contribution to advancing to the round of 16 with a thrilling theater goal in the second half away from Manchester City in the first leg, praised Mbappe in an interview with TNT Sports shortly after the second leg. "It's great to play with Mbappe. I know that if you go into the stadium and give the ball to Mbappe, he will make a difference. "What those of us behind Mbappe and the three front-line strikers are going to do is dig in to get as good a position as possible, and I always try to get into the box as well." "Killian knows it's going to be dangerous if he catches the ball in his favorite position on the field. Whether it's your left foot or your right foot... He scored several types of goals today." "What he's done in Mbappe's career is amazing. He came to Real and scored a slow start. It took me a while to adjust to life here. Now it's really nice to see him flying around,' he said, expressing joy at his colleague's feat.
Real Madrid coach Carlos Ancelotti also praised Mbappe for being a `fantastic player.' "We are really, really dangerous when we have quality resources up front and we can connect Mbappe with Rodrigo, Bellingham, Vinicius." "That happened in two games against Manchester City. Mbappe brought a lot of chances in two games against a really good team (Man City)"Man City are still a really good team and we looked very dangerous" treated the other person with respect.
"Good evening," Bellingham said on behalf of the players for reaching the round of 16 with two consecutive wins against Man City. We played well, too." "It was a really fun game. The most important thing for us today was the defensive part. We knew we would be able to attack more freely if we defended well, and that's the key to our team's tactics tonight as well as in other games."
"There were injuries in Manchester City and we also have some players recovering from injuries or coming back new. If we can do our best, we will be a much better team." On Elling Holan's injury absence, Bellingham said "We always want to play against the best team and Holan wasn't in the team, so I hope it's not a serious matter. He is a good colleague of mine. I hope it's not in a bad condition,' he said of his companionship. "I think we managed the game well today against strong opponents Manchester City. "A team that can cause great damage if other players other than Holan come out as well," he said, adding that he gave meaning to his second consecutive win against Manchester City.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
