In a very difficult time, Real Madrid still successfully overcame Atalanta away from home on an offensive day with many big stars making their mark.
Real Madrid won 3-2 against Atalanta away from home in round 6 of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round. What’s even more amazing than the 3 points in this victory is that the stars on the attack all scored. Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr and Jude Bellingham in turn tore the opponent’s net.
“Real Madrid played a complete and effective match in front of goal. I think the key to success was the mobility the whole team had up front with Vinicius, Bellingham and Mbappe.
Real Madrid had many opportunities and also had to go through turbulence in the last minutes. Anyway, it was a good match and we deserved to win. The quality of the players plays a decisive role in leading to this result” – Carlo Ancelotti and Jude Bellingham shared.
This match marked the return to the most complete version of Vinicius after he temporarily left the field for a short time due to a hamstring injury suffered before the match against Liverpool at Anfield. When warming up, the 24-year-old Brazilian star is slower than his teammates. Caution is still there but it is very necessary for Vinicius in this new stage of his return.
When entering the field, Vinicius and Mbappe were booed and whistled a lot by Atalanta fans. However, it has been a long time since Madridistas have felt so comfortable with Mbappe. Despite the pressure from the stands, the French star played very comfortably, attacking and defending smoothly and seemingly unaffected.
In the first half, Mbappe created 3 big opportunities, among them the situation in the 10th minute turned into the opening goal. That was the former PSG star’s 50th goal in the UEFA Champions League after 79 matches, helping him equalize his scoring record with senior Thierry Henry at Europe’s most prestigious playground. It was quite a pity that Mbappe then had to leave the field with a minor injury.
When Mbappe left the field, the leader of the attack was Vinicius. Almost at the first good opportunity, the Brazilian striker doubled the gap for the away team in the 56th minute. Just 3 minutes later, a pass from Vinicius opened up the opportunity for Bellingham to increase the score. number up 3-1.
This was a very good match for Jude Bellingham as he had 1 goal, 2 important passes, completed 5/7 dribbles, won 9 duels and made 64 touches of the ball. Almost every hot spot on the field, the British star is present.
At some other teams, the fact that three stars compete fiercely in attack like Real Madrid may cause conflicts. However, with what Los Blancos has, everything is perfect and smooth, all is fair and civilized competition. That is a very good signal for teacher Ancelotti to limit unnecessary troubles.
The fact that Mbappe, Vinicius and Bellingham all scored shows the commitment to an attack that can have room for all three of these stars. This was a problem Ancelotti could not solve in the previous 2 months. When asked if the win over Atalanta was a way to untie the knot in the arrangement of the strikers, the Italian coach avoided answering directly and just said it was a very good premise to speed up during the Christmas period. upcoming.