KYlian Mbappé will not travel to Charlotte with the team for the second game against Pachuca. The striker still does not exercise with his teammates and continues to work alone at the hotel. He Real Madrid It will take the flight to North Carolina today at 15:30 (GMT-4), where the Gallic will not be present.
The French The debut was lost In the Club World Cup after suffering a Gastroenteritis aguda in the previous days. With this, the Real Madrid He followed the isolation protocol and was hospitalized to apply the corresponding treatment. French has improved something, but It is still very weak to be able to return to training. His return will be analyzed day by day seeing his status.
New opportunity for Gonzalo
The canterano will return to the scene in the second game of Xabi Alonso. Gonzalo He premiered as a holder With goal and being named best player of the game Against Al Hilal. With Mbappé still convalescent and Endrick recovering from his injury, the young striker faces another fire test to continue measuring his roof and what his figure can contribute to the Xabi Alonso team. Tolosarra coach is orphan of a striker profile capable of rowing in thick matchesof those in which the rival is enclosed and granted. There appears the canterano, who has already demonstrated his worth in that tube with the Castillawhere has added 25 goals this season.
Gonzalo is a pure '9'of those of a lifetime. But it also combines the mobility of a modern attacker with the ability to sacrifice that as much assesses Xabi Alonso. His first goal in the era of Tolosarra coach describes it well: He started the play from his own field, combined in speed and culminated in the area after a precise assistance from Rodrygo. His reading of space and determination were key in that action that served to open the score against Al Hilal.
The canterano spoke after being appointed MVP against Al Hilal
What Xabi requires of him
“Everything has been quite fast”he explained after the game. “I have found a pass line with Vini and a good counterattack of all the colleagues who has finished in goal.” An example of a collective striker, committed and instinct to step on the area when the play demands it.
Xabi He asks him to be brave, to set the centrals and not stop looking at the rival goal. “He told me to stay up in the last line by setting the centrals and that he took advantage of any ball or disguise of the centrals to put a goal ”confessed the own Gonzalorevealing part of the trust that the coach is depositing in him during the 'Stage' in the United States.
