Madrid players may get holidays in season: Ancelotti

"Everybody has their qualities, whether they are technical, tactical or motivational, and have to harness them for the team. The players need to rest, they need holidays, we're thinking about giving individual holidays to some players," added Ancelotti.

"A player might not play for a week and go to rest with their family, above all with the internationals, who have very little rest... we're looking at it with the medical and fitness teams."

With Kylian Mbappe set to make his La Liga debut for Real Madrid on Sunday against Real Mallorca, coach Carlo Ancelotti said the superstar needs to adapt to his new club.

The France captain scored on his long-awaited first Madrid appearance as Los Blancos beat Atalanta to win the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday. "Mbappe is an extraordinary talent, we have to help him adapt as quickly as possible," Ancelotti told a news conference Saturday ahead of the team's opening La Liga clash.

Mbappe was asked if he was planning to score 50 goals this season after the Super Cup triumph and the forward said there was "no limit" to what he might achieve.

Ancelotti said he was avoiding setting a target for the former PSG hitman, whose arrival at his dream club Madrid was years in the making. "I will never tell a player how many goals he has to score, what I ask of them is to give everything they have for the team, nothing more," added the Italian coach.

 

August 17, 2024