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Actual Madrid face the large take a look at of an away derby with Atletico Madrid within the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, and it’s one they could have to beat with out Kylian Mbappe.
Mbappe is reportedly set to endure health assessments to find out whether or not he’ll be capable to play the Metropolitano, the France striker having suffered a blow to his proper ankle in final weekend’s LaLiga win over Rayo Vallecano.
Madrid, who’ve but to announce their official squad for the sport, lead 2-1 from the primary leg on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Mbappe’s absence could be an enormous increase to Atletico, who held Madrid to a 1-1 draw on this fixture in LaLiga again in September, snatching some extent because of Angel Correa’s Ninety fifth-minute equaliser.
However Atletico midfielder Rodrigo De Paul is beneath no phantasm as to the extent of high quality Madrid have at their disposal, and he known as on Diego Simeone’s facet to take care of an insular focus as they appear to overturn their first-leg deficit.
“The whole lot is prime, much more so for a tie like this,” De Paul instructed Diario AS.
“The psychological half has its relevance, but in addition the tactical, the bodily…. It’s a set, it doesn’t need to do with only one factor. We’ve got to be ready in all elements to attain what we wish, which is to undergo.
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“First, above all, if you face such a match you need to take pleasure in them too, since you don’t all the time play them. Understanding that to attain what we wish we have now to be all collectively, it doesn’t rely upon a participant or a factor.
“Video games of this magnitude are gained as a staff. Having skilled different essential video games, I’m assured that this can be a squad the place all of us really feel essential, in 90 minutes we want everybody, we’re dedicated to the trigger. And it may be an awesome night time for all Atleticos.
“Actual Madrid have all gamers of the best degree, that leads you to have focus and concern about taking part in in opposition to them. [Jude] Bellingham has totally different traits, he can play, and [Luka] Modric, [Aurelien] Tchouameni too.
“They’ve totally different traits, however play at a really excessive degree. I don’t look a lot at who’s in entrance of me, as a result of they’re nice, as I do at what I’ve to do.”
De Paul suffered a knock as Atletico had been crushed by Getafe on the weekend to fall some extent behind Barcelona and Madrid in a particularly shut LaLiga title race.
However he mentioned of his bodily situation: “I really feel very properly, it was a blow and it was solely that. Nothing else.”
