The Italian manager spoke after the important 2-3 win in which a number of players were injured.
It was a night of heavy breathing in Bergamo for Real Madrid fans, for both the right and the wrong reasons. The Spanish side made the trip to Italy knowing that getting 3 points was the only result that would keep them going in the new format of the old competition they have dominated for so long.
Unfortunately, like Real Madrid, they showed up and scored more goals than their opponents in the high-stakes match, but not without some scares. Mateo Retegui will have nightmares about his miss from three meters; Carlo Ancelotti will wake up in a cold sweat over the fitness of his players; Madridista fans would simply forego Christmas this year, teleport to February using Einsteinian mathematics and move on to February when Los Blancos inevitably switch on the style.
Ancelotti thinks Mbappé's injury is “not serious”
As for Ancelotti's cold sweat, he will be concerned about the fitness of a certain Kylian Mbappé, who went down in the second half and was forced off with a suspected thigh injury. It's safe to say that the French striker has had a tough time in the Spanish capital since his arrival, so much so that it prompted him to do an interview with French television in which he urged children around the world urged “not to dream of me”.
The injury was explained after the match by Carlo Ancelotti, who said, among other things, that his team played “a complete match”, a match in which “we suffered and fought”.
“It doesn't look serious,” was all Ancelotti initially revealed about Kylian's condition, but it was enough for one last big breath for the night by the Madridista community, who all needed a good night's sleep.
He has a strain, a little discomfort in his hamstring. We'll have to see him in the next few days. It doesn't seem serious, but he had to stop because he couldn't sprint… it bothered him a bit. That's why we preferred to change him,” Ancelotti said in the mixed zone on the way to the team bus.
The latest news is that the player will undergo tests on Thursday to determine the extent of the injury, which clearly shows that Madrid are in no rush to send the French forward into a dramatic recovery plan after such a tough match.
“The match was demanding,” Ancelotti admitted, “because Atalanta demanded a lot. It was a competition of individual battles and movement. It went well.
“We are very happy because it was an important victory, because it allows us to reach Christmas and still live in the tournament. If we do that, things will go well in the second half [of the season]. Now we are starting to recover players.”
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