With the result, the merengue club is unbeaten in the continental competition, adding two wins in two games
O He recovered from the defeat suffered last weekend to Atletico Madrid and showed strength on Tuesday (30) by thrashing Kairat Almaty 5-0 in Kazakhstan for the second round of the Champions League group stage. The highlight of the night was Kylian Mbappé, author of three goals. The Frenchman opened the scoring after 26 minutes, in a penalty kick suffered by Franco Mastantuono. At the beginning of the second half, he expanded after speeding, and at 73 minutes marked the third in a powerful kick from the entrance of the area.
Eduardo Camiving, headed, made his room on 83 minutes, and Brahim Díaz closed the bill in the additions, after ball diverted in the post. With the result, the merengue club is unbeaten in the continental competition, adding two wins in two games – had won the 2-1 Olympique of Marseille at the Santiago Bernabéu.
“It’s important to score when you have chances. Mission accomplished, the players played seriously. Now we think of Villarreal again,” said coach Xabi Alonso, projecting the confrontation for Laliga next Saturday. Mbappé, who has accumulated five goals at Champions and eight in the Spanish Championship, highlighted the team’s recovery spirit: “We should never forget what happened over the weekend. This is a different competition and we need to be better every day.”
Real Madrid returns to the champions on October 22 against Juventus in Madrid. The team will not have Dani Carvajal, suspended for two matches after expulsion against Olympique and recovering from calf injury. In another game of the day, Atalanta beat Bruggge 2-1 in Bergamo.
*With information from AFP
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