Real Madrid: Carlo Ancelotti comes to the aid of Kylian Mbappé

It’s now a tradition at Real Madrid. Since the arrival of Kylian Mbappé, all of the Merengues’ matches have been scrutinized a little more closely. And so far, the Casa Blanca has been far from impressing the Spanish media. The reason is simple: Carlo Ancelotti has still not found the perfect balance while he has to deal with one more striker and one less midfielder (Toni Kroos). It’s therefore not easy to find a team as well-oiled as the one that lifted the fifteenth Champions League in its history.

Relaunched on this point while Real Madrid travel tomorrow to Las Palmas as part of the third day of La Liga, Ancelotti transformed himself into a savvy diplomat, in order not to bruise any egos. Example: when a journalist asked him if the lack of defensive withdrawal of the attackers could become a problem, Ancelotti found the solution by indicating that the defense also had its share of work to do. “We need a compact team, that’s the key. If the attacker presses and the defense doesn’t come out… there are problems. We have to think about the collective, not the individual.”

Ancelotti not worried

Then, the questions became a little more specific regarding the contribution of Kylian Mbappé. A scorer in the European Super Cup against Atalanta, the Bondy player was not very visible during his first two appearances in the championship. Nothing to worry the Italian. “I think the last goal was scored on August 14th… It’s been two weeks. It’s not long enough to worry about it. Just like we’re not worried, he’s not worried either. He’s looking forward to scoring in the next game… just like Vinicius.”he said, before putting the collective back at the heart of the debates, in order to avoid dwelling too long on personal cases. Mbappé does not score, but the team does and that suits him.

“We have a lot of resources. We scored six goals and the team is not at its best yet. That says a lot. We will never have a goal problem, it is obvious. Every year the challenge changes because the team and the structure of the team have changed. We did not need time because last year we adjusted everything from the first matches. It is normal and it happens every year. We have a lot of resources and it has been three matches and we have already scored six goals. The goal problem has not arisen here… and it will not arise because everyone is working very well.”. It is said.