Carlo Ancelotti appeared before the media this Saturday ahead of the match he will play the white team against Leganés this Sunday. The Italian coach spoke about Kylian Mbappéwho claimed to be in good shape despite his scoring drought and defended the French forward.
“Mbappé has improved his condition and hopefully tomorrow he can show all his qualities, which are many. All the great forwards have had the bad streak. But I see Mbappé motivated and happy to train, be with his teammates… the streak is going to end.” finish sooner or later and I’m convinced that tomorrow the streak of not scoring goals will end. He has enormous quality and sooner or later he will show it,” he said at a press conference.
Ancelotti who denied that Mbappé has suffered mental health problems. “Wow. What a question. It doesn’t seem like it to me. I see him happy, happy to be here. It doesn’t seem to me that he has suffered from mental health problems, or at least he doesn’t show it. Speculating on this seems too ugly to me,” he said.
And he assured that Mbappé has not asked him to play left winger. “Kylian has never asked me to play in a position on the field. Everyone asks to be in the starting eleven, but Vinícius and he do not have a fixed position on the field and they can change their position depending on the game,” he analyzed.
In addition, he praised Mbappé when he was asked about his work during the international break, in which he pointed to defensive work. “He has worked with us and we have focused the work on the defensive line because we had Raúl Asencio, Mendy… we have tried right backs. Mbappé does not need defensive work. And I can’t teach him how to attack; In any case, he has to teach us,” he noted.