{"id":30648,"date":"2024-08-16T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=30648"},"modified":"2024-08-16T01:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T22:41:00","slug":"kylian-mbappe-scores-on-debut-for-real-madrid-in-a-2-0-win-over-atalanta-in-uefa-super-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/kylian-mbappe-scores-on-debut-for-real-madrid-in-a-2-0-win-over-atalanta-in-uefa-super-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Scores on Debut for Real Madrid in a 2-0 Win over Atalanta in UEFA Super Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A goal and a trophy. How about that for a debut by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 for Real Madrid?<\/div>\n
The France captain pulled on the famous white jersey of the Spanish champions for the first time in a competitive match and marked the occasion with the second goal in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday.<\/div>\n
Mbapp\u00e9, who started and played 82 minutes at the National Stadium in Warsaw, met a pass from Jude Bellingham across the area with a shot into the top corner in the 68th minute.<\/div>\n
“He is inevitable,” Bellingham said of Mbapp\u00e9.<\/div>\n
“It\u2019s a big step for him \u2013 people have been talking about him coming here for a long time \u2014 and it feels like he\u2019s been here for a while.”<\/div>\n
After putting both arms across his chest for his trademark celebration, Mbapp\u00e9 was congratulated by Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior and Rodrygo, the other members of Madrid\u2019s star-studded strike force that might be sending tremors around European soccer heading into the new season.<\/div>\n
Federico Valverde tapped home a cross from Vin\u00edcius in the 59th to set Madrid on its way to a record sixth victory in the Super Cup, the annual match between the Champions League winners (Madrid) and the Europa League champions (Atalanta).<\/div>\n
Madrid is used to holding records \u2014 no team has more European Cup titles than its 15 \u2014 and owning the world\u2019s best players.<\/div>\n
Mbapp\u00e9 certainly belongs in that category and it was a strong start to life at the world\u2019s top soccer club, one he dreamt of playing for as a kid before fulfilling that reality by moving from Paris Saint-Germain after a drawn-out saga.<\/div>\n
Now he is Madrid\u2019s No. 9 and started the Super Cup as the team\u2019s central striker \u2014 to limited success, aside from a couple of spins and tricks that wowed the crowd in the first half \u2014 before moving out wide for the second half to greater effect.<\/div>\n
“We have a new-look team and it seemed to just click tonight,” Bellingham said. “Sometimes it takes a bit of time \u2013 the first half we were still adjusting \u2014 and the second half it all came together and we were brilliant.”<\/div>\n
Vin\u00edcius and Bellingham, stars of Madrid\u2019s run to the Champions League and La Liga titles last season, were the game\u2019s standout players, however, as Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s team eventually overpowered Atalanta after an even first half that saw both sides hit the crossbar.<\/div>\n
Madrid defender Eder Militao deflected a cross onto his own bar before Rodrygo fired in a shot just before halftime that struck the top of the bar.<\/div>\n
“At one point, the game was within our reach,” Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said.<\/div>\n
Atalanta almost took the lead early in the second half when Mario Pa\u0161ali\u0107 had a header tipped aside by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois but Madrid was dominant thereafter, with Vin\u00edcius operating more down the middle.<\/div>\n
It might take a while for Ancelotti to find the ideal formula up front \u2014 Brazil striker Endrick, a summer signing like Mbapp\u00e9, didn\u2019t even come off the bench for the match \u2014 but it\u2019s an enviable dilemma for the Italian coach.<\/div>\n
“The most difficult thing, what we are looking for, is finding balance in the team with the quality we have up front,” Ancelotti said. “If we are able to do this, we can have a very good season. We have a fantastic squad, to be honest.”<\/div>\n
Luka Modric, the 38-year-old Croatia great who was one of five second-half substitutes for Madrid, lifted the trophy high to a backdrop of gold confetti as Mbapp\u00e9 danced and led the celebrations beside him \u2014 before getting his hands on the hardware himself.<\/div>\n
“I thought he (Mbapp\u00e9) was amazing before and now you get a chance to play with him, you see the details up closer \u2014 the speed, the quality, the work without the ball, the way he is as a leader, the way he communicates,” Bellingham said. “I can’t speak highly enough of him really.”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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