Real Madrid welcome PSG to the Bernabeu on Wednesday night in the second leg of the Champions League last 16 on Kilamity.
The 13-time European champions find themselves in somewhat unfamiliar waters, trailing by a goal in the last 16,
but Carlo Ancelotti is a serial winner in this competition — both as a player and a manager — so he will back himself to overturn the 1-0 defeat suffered in the reverse leg, in which Kylian Mbappe nabbed a dramatic, subplot-fuelling late winner.
Mbappe was the subject of much of the build-up to this tie, as the PSG forward is heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid in the summer.
“We want to play with great players,” Luka Modric told reporters at his pre-match press conference. “Kylian is one of those. Of course, I’d like to play with him.
Leave a Reply