Mbappe Recovers, Los Blancos Ready to Continue Winning Trend in the Champions League

Paris, Beritasatu.com – Lille will be the host when they host Real Madrid at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, in the second match of the Champions League, Thursday (3/10/2024) early morning, around 02.00 WIB. This meeting was the first between the two teams.

Defending champions Real Madrid made the perfect start to the 2024/2025 Champions League by beating Stuttgart 3-1 in the first leg. Meanwhile Lille lost 0-2 in the meeting with Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men dropped just two points in the local competition, after being held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico in a match marred by brawls between supporters.

Madrid appeared unbeaten in 14 Champions League matches, with 10 wins. Los Blancos will equal the record of 15 times undefeated which was set between April 2016 and May 2017 while still under the tutelage of Zinedine Zidane.

Meanwhile, hosts Lille hope to be the club that stops Madrid’s unbeaten run. They are also determined to end the series of results without a win.

Bruno Genesio’s troops are the French club that did not win their first match in the Champions League. Lille lost 2-0 when they visited Sporting Lisbon.

Then in the local competition match, Lille was held 3-3 by Strasbourg, even though they had led 2-0.

The French club are determined to end their worst run without a win for more than six years, just in time for the visit of the reigning Champions League champions.

Even though this target is quite tough, Lille has a record of winning seven of the last eight matches at home in European competitions. The last time Lille met a Spanish club, they beat Sevilla 2-1 in the 2021 Champions League.

Team R’s conditioneal Madrid got a breath of fresh air with the recovery of star player Kylian Mbappe. The Frenchman was initially sidelined with a thigh injury, but a very quick recovery saw him included in Madrid’s squad. However, he may not be able to play as a starter.

Fran Garcia suffered an injury in the Madrid derby against Atletico, as did goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois who was absent after suffering a muscle problem against Atletico.

David Alaba is still recovering from a long-term torn ACL problem. Meanwhile Brahim Diaz and Dani Ceballos. There was good news however, as Eduardo Camavinga returned to the squad at the weekend after being absent for more than a month.

In the Lille camp, this French club will be without influential young midfielder Hakon Arnar Haraldsson. The Icelander suffered a foot injury, while England debutant Angel Gomes is suspended after his red card against Sporting.

Luckily for Bruno Genesio, he has two players who are in brilliant form, winger Edon Zhegrova and center forward David. Both have scored eight goals for Lille, with each scoring four.

Meanwhile, Ismaily and Samuel Umtiti are out with knee problems, and Nabil Bentaleb is still ill.

Estimated Lineup

Lille: Chevalier (GK), Tiago Santos, Diakite, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson, Andre, Andre Gomes, Cabella, Zhegrova, David, Sahraoui.

Real Madrid: Lunin (GK), Carvajal, Eder Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Valverde, Camavinga, Tchouameni; Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior.