Kylian Mbappe has revealed that he wants Real Madrid Rivals to meet Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Mbappe scored a beautiful hat trick when Madrid Manchester City made 3-1 in the second stage of the play-off collision on Wednesday, with the side of Pep Guardiola from Europe crashing after an aggregated loss of 6-3.
Madrid will now be confronted with Atletico or Bayer Leverkusen next month, with the draw that is held on Friday at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland and Mbappe hopes for a Madrid derby.
“I always said that I didn't just come here to complete a dream,” said Mbappe after the game. “I want to play well, I want to mark an era. I knew I couldn't do it worse than I was initially, and I knew I had to start playing with personality.
“As far as goals are concerned, I don't set myself limits. If I can score 50 goals, I will do that; if I can score more, I will do that. But I have often scored many goals in my career and not won trophies. If I can score and lift trophies, let me register now.
“We wanted to win and this was how to do it. It makes sense for us that Madrid is in the quarterfinals. We gave everything for our home fans and we won because we have made a great achievement against City, they are always hard to do to play.
“To be honest, I would rather be pulled against Athleti. She and Bayer are two great clubs and it would be difficult anyway. But in the next round it would be much better for us if we didn't have to travel – We travel so much! “
Only one point separates the two Madrid sides so far this season in LaLiga, while their two competitions have both ended as 1-1 draws. Carlo Ancelotti was also asked with whom he would prefer to be confronted in the next round, but the experienced manager refused to be signed.
“I don't know,” Ancelotti replied. “To be honest, I don't know. Who I want to be able to change tonight. I just want to say about the draw that both Athleti and Leverkusen are good rivals and we will respect them.”
Los Blancos are the current Champions League holders, who defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in last year's final and they hope to lift the trophy for the 16th time this season.
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