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Real Madrid coach Ancelotti demands more goals from Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe, the striker for Real Madrid, should prioritize scoring goals above pushing to help the club, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated on Monday.
Since he arrived this summer, the Spanish and European champions have not performed at their best this season and are still figuring out how to effectively integrate the former Paris Saint-Germain star.
Madrid lost on the road at Lille in their last Champions League outing and host Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in a rematch of last season’s final, which they won to earn a record-extending 15th European crown.
“I prefer that (Mbappe) scores goals than he presses,” Ancelotti told a news conference.
“The central striker position in our team has not changed, I ask him the same I asked of Karim (Benzema, who left in 2023).
“To be well positioned and to be ready every time we get the ball back to make a rapid transition.”
Mbappe has scored eight goals for Madrid in 12 games across all competitions this season, compared to Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski’s 14 in 12 appearances.
The forward drew criticism in his homeland for not playing in France’s recent Nations League games after recovering from a thigh injury.
Swedish media reported he is being investigated over an alleged rape in Stockholm following a trip there during the international break, with Mbappe labelling the reports as “fake news”.
One of the knock-on effects of Mbappe’s arrival at Madrid is a more defensive role for Jude Bellingham, who was Los Blancos’ key attacking figure last season.
The former Borussia Dortmund midfielder is yet to score for the club this season in nine games, after netting 10 in his first 10 appearances last year.
“We’re satisfied with his work… because he works a lot on the pitch, he’s always there, he competes, fights, sacrifices himself,” said Ancelotti.
“The truth is he hasn’t scored the goals he did last year, but the surprise isn’t this year, it’s last year, he scored a heap of goals that no-one expected”
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