
Real Madrid not 'kamikaze' with Mbappe health: Alonso
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said he could take a controlled risk with KylianMbappe s fitness ahead of the Spanish Super Cup fi...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said he could take a controlled risk with Kylian Mbappe's fitness ahead of the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday against Barcelona, but would not be "kamikaze".
French superstar Mbappe missed the semi-final victory over Atletico Madrid on Thursday but flew out to Saudi Arabia on Friday to join the squad before the Clasico in Jeddah.
Mbappe is recovering from a knee sprain he suffered at the end of December, which was expected to take three weeks to heal.
Asked if the forward, Madrid's top goalscorer this season with 29 strikes across all competitions, could play with pain-killing injections, Alonso said Madrid would be careful.
"It's a decision that we have to take between the staff, the players and the doctors," Alonso told a news conference.













