Kylian Mbappé is obtainable to play his first aggressive recreation for Actual Madrid as they face Atalanta within the UEFA Tremendous Cup on Wednesday, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed, though the coach would not say whether or not the star ahead will begin the match.
Mbappé, 25, signed a five-year contract with European and Spanish champions Madrid final month, becoming a member of on a free switch from Paris Saint-Germain.
The France worldwide joined his new teammates in preseason coaching final week after representing his nation at Euro 2024 this summer time, and is a part of the squad for the Tremendous Cup conflict between Champions League winners Madrid and Europa League winners Atalanta in Warsaw, Poland.
“Kylian has arrived nicely, like all the opposite [players] who have not had a lot time [to train],” Ancelotti stated in his pre-match information convention on Tuesday. “He is in good type, he is adapting nicely. Clearly, everybody who’s right here [with the squad] may play tomorrow.”
Ancelotti joked that attempting to suit all his stars into the staff this season — with Mbappé competing for locations within the ahead line with Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, Endrick, Brahim Díaz, Arda Güler and Jude Bellingham — was a “massive downside.”
“All summer time I have been occupied with who to choose, who to not decide, and it ruined my holidays!” Ancelotti laughed. “We have now a whole lot of video games. The identical gamers cannot play all 70 video games [this season]. Final yr, those that performed much less introduced loads to the staff, those that began on the bench, and that may be the important thing.”
Ancelotti additionally would not affirm whether or not Mbappé is ready to take over as Madrid’s first-choice penalty taker this season.
“He takes penalties,” Ancelotti stated. “Lately Vini has taken them nicely. I noticed Bellingham did nicely in a recreation on the Euros. [Federico] Valverde did nice [with a penalty] on the Copa América. We have now a whole lot of takers. I will have to decide on one for tomorrow, and will probably be somebody who begins the sport.”
“I’ve needed to face [Mbappé] a couple of occasions,” defender Dani Carvajal stated. “As a teammate, he is a fantastic participant, and he’ll assist us loads to have a fantastic season.”
Madrid have received the UEFA Tremendous Cup 5 occasions, with the final coming in 2022, once they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in Helsinki, Finland. After the Tremendous Cup, Madrid kick off their LaLiga 2024-25 season by visiting Mallorca on Sunday.
In the meantime, Madrid have confirmed that midfielder Eduardo Camavinga suffered a sprain of his knee ligaments through the staff’s coaching session on Tuesday. Sources instructed ESPN that the France worldwide may miss as much as two months with the damage.