Frustrating against Mallorca last Sunday in the opening of the championship (1-1), Real Madrid will quickly have to redeem itself. This could also involve a victory on Sunday, against Ronaldo Nazario’s Real Valladolid, an opportunity for the Madrilenians to launch their season at the Bernabeu. Inevitably, Kylian Mbappé, who is now stealing all the attention, will be observed for his debut in his new garden.
Too neutral, too discreet, the Frenchman left many people hungry after Sunday’s match, where the most prominent player was in reality the least expected: Rodrygo. A goalscorer, the Brazilian also made a controversial statement at the beginning of the week, believing that he deserved to be considered at the same level as Vinicius, Bellingham and Mbappé. A publication finally deleted from his channel Whats Appand which did not come from him, but from his communications team, according to the Spanish press.
Ancelotti spoke with Rodrygo
Present at a press conference this Friday, Carlo Ancelotti obviously could not dodge questions on the subject. But according to him, there is nothing alarming: “Rodrygo’s message? I spoke to him this week and asked him if something had happened. He told me the message was not from him. He is happy here and doing very well. There is nothing wrong with himcommented the Italian coach, before giving his player a pat on the back. We know Rodrygo’s quality, he played very well in the two games against Atalanta and Mallorca. He told me he was very happy. It’s something that doesn’t need to be mentioned because there’s nothing more to comment on.»
As now when each Real Madrid press conference, Kylian Mbappé was also on the agenda. In recent weeks, the main fear of Spanish observers was to see the Frenchman and Vinicius step on each other, both used to occupying the same area of the pitch. But Ancelotti wanted to be reassuring: “Too many players on the left side? Vinicius’ presence makes us play more on that side because of his quality. Benzema also wanted to play in that sector, as well as Bellingham. And it worked very well when we won two Champions Leagues that way. This Sunday will be a very good match for Mbappé, he will have a great match and the fans will really appreciate it.”. They are just waiting for that.
