Led by its stars Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, and Vinicius, Real Madrid beat Atalanta by 3-2 in the Champions League, a result that leaves the Whites a little closer to following the second phase of the continental tournament.
French attacker Kylian Mbappe, who had to be replaced in 36 with muscle problems, went up the first both to the bright in the 10th minute of the game, but Belgian Charles de Ketelaere put the boards by transforming a penalty in 45-2, moments before the break.
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Midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni committed a foul inside the area in the discount on Bosnian Sead Kolasinac, giving rise to the penalty that gave way to the provisional draw.
Mbappé is the umpteenth player who is injured at Real Madrid this season, although for the moment the extent of the inconvenience is unknown.
In the second half, reappeared Brazilian Vinicius took advantage of a bad reject of the defense of the locals to score the second with a crossover after a failure of the rival defense in the 56th minute.
That left the Italians knocked out, who were surprised three minutes later with another goal from Englishman Jude Bellingham after trimming his defender and hitting the left stick.
But Atalanta quickly relapsed with the same as Nigerian Ademola Lookman, the most unbalanced player of the locals.
Gasperini refreshed his team in the attack with a triple change, which gave Atalanta air to a Real Madrid defensive.
In the last quarter of the hour of the match, the merengue goalkeeper, Belgian Thibault Courtois saved his team from the draw up to twice to the shot of Serbian Samardzic.
Courtois was also consistent in putting a hand and avoiding the meantime after a very decorated finish by the Italian nationalized Argentine Mateo Retegui in the 87th game.
Earlier, technician Carlo Ancelotti moved chips by putting Croatian Luka Modric and Raul Asencio in the field for Dani Ceballos and Brahim and, shortly after, removed Bellingham to enter Turkish Arda Guler.
Gian Piero Gasperini insisted until the last moment. He even saw Retegui, the Italian league’s top scorer, with dozens of goals, inexplicably failed the tie in the final moments that served him on a Lookman tray.
With the water in the neck, Real Madrid finished the match that gives it some peace of mind after an irregular trajectory in Champions League (three wins and three defeats).
With two days to go before the end of the European competition, Real Madrid climbed to 18th place with 9 points, while Atalanta dropped to 9 points with 9 points.
It’s a great victory, the master has prepared it well. It has been a great match for the fan and is taken by Real Madrid. “We are made to play these kinds of games,” Brahim Diaz said, at the end of the meeting.
“The penalty in the last second messed us up, but this team has a lot to give and we’re going to give a lot more,” the midfielder continued.
