French star Kylian Mbappe continues to prepare with his team Real Madrid for the new football season, which opens on Wednesday, August 14, against Italian Atalanta, in a match European Super Cup In the Polish capital Warsaw.
Mbappe recently joined the royal team’s training, specifically two days ago, after he had enough rest to recover from the fatigue of his participation in the tournament. European Nations Cup In Germany, which made him miss out on participating in the friendly matches that the team played in the United States during its summer tour.
Kylian Mbappe has been in top form in training so far with his new club, and has been brilliant and scoring goals, one of which was captured by Spanish media cameras and posted on social media, with the player sending a powerful right-footed shot from a medium distance into the top corner of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin’s goal.
It seems that the French international has not lost any of his technical skills and ability to score goals despite his absence from training since mid-July, which makes him a candidate to be coach Carlo Ancelotti’s new weapon in the coming seasons, starting with the European Super Cup match.
Will Kylian Mbappe participate in the European Super Cup match?
Opens real madrid Real Madrid will start their new season on Wednesday by playing the European Super Cup as the Champions League title holder, facing Atalanta, the Europa League title holder, and it is expected that the Royal Club will be the favorite to win and claim the sixth title in the competition.
It is not yet known whether Ancelotti will rely on Mbappe in the Atalanta match, given his absence from training during the past period, and his failure to participate in any friendly match before the European final; but it is certain that the player will be on the team list that will travel to Warsaw.
If he is not included in the starting lineup, the Italian coach will include Mbappe in the second half, regardless of the result, especially if he needs to score goals to decide the match, as the Frenchman will be a winning card for the Whites in a match that carries great symbolism at the opening of the new season.
It is worth noting that Kylian Mbappe joined Real Madrid on a free transfer, and the deal was announced last July, when the player was participating in Euro 2024 with France, before being presented to the fans after the tournament at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium in an exceptional event.