Xabi Alonso is slowly starting to find its formula with Real Madrid. After a difficult first match against Al-Hilal (1-1), the Merengue posted a more brilliant face against Pachuca this week (3-1), with unpublished phases of play, all, in numerical inferiority after the expulsion of Raul Asensio. While the young Gonzalo Garcia fully fulfills the role of number new in the absence of Kylian Mbappé, hit by gastroenteritis, the Spanish center forward must sit on the bench when the Frenchman is back on foot. And the date of his return is now known.
Present at a press conference on the eve of the last group match against Salzburg this Friday, Xabi Alonso could not avoid a question about the former Parisian. And the one who was still the Bayer Leverkusen coach a few weeks ago explained that Mbappé would again carry the white tunic in the knockout stages: ” Mbappé? I was happy to see him in training. We preferred that he was ready for the round of 16. The interested party will probably be expected at the turn.
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