This Tuesday, the alarms went off not only at Real Madrid, but also in the French national team, due to the injury of Karim Benzema . The 'galo' striker suffered severe pain in his right knee that prevented him from finishing the match against Celtic on the first matchday of the Premier League, so Carlo Ancelotti commented on it.
After the match, with the spirits calm, the Italian ruled out that the knee injury of 'Gato' is important, awaiting the tests that the player will undergo upon his return to Spain. "After an initial evaluation it doesn't seem serious, but we have to wait for tomorrow. It doesn't seem serious, it could be a slight discomfort in both knees", Ancelotti said in statements to Movistar
The Italian coach confirmed that the definitive tests on Benzema, after the initial exploration in the away dressing room at Celtic Park, will be carried out on Wednesday in Madrid. "Tomorrow we will know for sure", he said.
Regarding the match, Ancelotti expressed satisfaction with the result, although he admitted that Celtic made them suffer in the first half. "We played against a team that put a lot of intensity and we suffered a bit", he concluded.
"We managed the ball well from the back, but we lacked the speed in the final third that we had in the second half", he added in conversation with the media. Finally, the Real Madrid coach trusted that he brought Eden Hazard in for Benzema because "I thought it was the right match for him".
Real Madrid: this was their Champions League debut
The 'merengue' team began the defense of their 14th European crown this Tuesday with a resounding 3-0 win on the field of Celtic Glasgow, in a match defined by the attacking power of the whites, who lost Karim Benzema and Eder Militao due to injury.
The goals were scored by the Brazilian Vinicius (56), the Croatian Luka Modric (60), and the Belgian Eden Hazard (77) for a Real Madrid that now leads Group F, along with Shakhtar Donetsk, who surprised with a 4-1 win on the field of Leipzig.
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