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by | Nov 28, 2024 | Blog

Carlo: Pen miss shows Mbappé ‘lack of confidence’

Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé is suffering from “a lack of confidence” after the forward missed a penalty in Real Madrid’s 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday.

Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé is suffering from “a lack of confidence” after the forward missed a penalty in Real Madrid’s 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday. Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé is suffering from “a lack of confidence” after the forward missed a penalty in Real Madrid’s 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday.

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Nov 27, 2024, 06:09 PM ET

Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé is suffering from “a lack of confidence” after the forward missed a penalty in Real Madrid‘s 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday.

Mbappé had the chance to level the game at 1-1 in the 61st minute — after Alexis Mac Allister had put Liverpool ahead at Anfield — but his spot kick was saved by Caoimhín Kelleher.

Mo Salah also missed a penalty, before Cody Gakpo doubled the home side’s lead with a header, to put Liverpool top of the Champions League table, and leave Madrid struggling in 24th place.

“It happens a lot with forwards, there are times when it’s hard for them to score,” Ancelotti said in his post-match news conference. “There’s a cure, and it’s patience. It’s a difficult moment for him, above all today, with the missed penalty. Everyone has to support him.

“It could be a lack of confidence. Sometimes, when you have a moment when things aren’t going well, the idea is to play simply, and you can complicate things a bit. He’s scored a lot of penalties. Sometimes you can miss one.

“He has to work, keep fighting, and the moment will pass.”

Mbappé has now scored just two goals in his last nine Madrid games in all competitions, and failed to find the net in their last four Champions League matches.

“He looks good to us, he’s training well, he’s confident,” midfielder Luka Modric told Movistar. “Sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t, today it didn’t, above all with the penalty, but we believe in him. Kylian will do what’s expected of him, for sure.”

“[Mbappé] isn’t scoring the goals he’d like to,” substitute Dani Ceballos said. “We have to wait for him. It isn’t easy coming to a club like Real Madrid. I think he’ll do a lot for this club, and this team.”

Ancelotti admitted that Liverpool had deserved the victory, having created a number of clear chances.

“To be honest, it’s the right result,” Ancelotti said. “Liverpool deserved to win, they’re in good form. We did well in the first half, our plan went well… The team competed until the penalty.”

Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga was substituted with a muscular injury in his left leg in the 56th minute.

“It could be a strain, he felt something, and that’s two or three weeks at least,” goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said.

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Carlo Ancelotti said Kylian Mbappé is suffering from “a lack of confidence” after the forward missed a penalty in Real Madrid’s 2-0 Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday.

Messi’s son plays youth tourney in dad’s hometown

by | Nov 28, 2024 | Blog

Messi’s son plays youth tourney in dad’s hometown

Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario.

Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario. Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario.

Nov 26, 2024, 07:32 PM ET

Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario.

The 12-year-old Messi played with the No. 10 jersey of an Inter Miami youth team, which lost 1-0 on Monday to host Newell’s Old Boys in the traditional under-13 competition. The team also played Tuesday.

Lionel Messi took his first steps as a footballer in the Argentinian club in Rosario, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of capital Buenos Aires.

Thiago‘s mother, Antonela Roccuzzo, and several members of his family, including grandparents Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini, were in the stands to watch him play. Lionel Messi did not attend.

Thiago, who was substituted in the second half, played with his friend Benjamín Suárez, son of Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, Messi’s teammate and close friend at Inter Miami.

Messi and Suárez are in Rosario after Inter Miami CF‘s early elimination in the MLS playoffs. On Sunday, they watched a friendly game of Inter Miami’s U13 team against Unión at the same sports complex.

The former Barcelona teammates will have a new coach for the 2025 MLS season, with Miami announcing on Tuesday that Javier Mascherano would be taking over the spot vacated when Gerardo Martino stepped down last week.

The youth tournament in Argentina brings together eight teams from North and South America.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.

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Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario.

Messi’s son plays youth tourney in dad’s hometown

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