Real

Madrid

faces this Wednesday the second defense of its

European champion

crown .

It will finally be at the

Santiago Bernabéu

, which has not received the

Champions League

since that magical night against

Manchester City

.

Opposite, now,

RB Leipzig

, "a dangerous team" for

Carlo Ancelotti

, aware that it is "a very important match for the classification of the group".

After the victory against

Celtic

and Leipzig's defeat against

Shakhtar

, Madrid have a very big opportunity to distance themselves from the second seed in the group.

"I don't put limits on my squad", he valued, on the

25th anniversary of his debut

as coach in the European Cup with

Parma

: "I didn't know. This competition has given me a lot of hope and happiness, sometimes a little sadness Of course. We have a squad to fight for and in this competition you never know what's going to happen".

The Italian coach, who "

under his arms

" to questions about the future of

Mbappé

, returned to defend

Vinicius

after the controversy of the match against

Mallorca

.

From the Mallorcan bench, they urged "

hit, hit

" the Brazilian, who responded angrily to Javier Aguirre.

"I am not deaf or stupid. I read and listen to what is said, but it is not our thing or Vinicius's. Vinicius has quality and

it is normal for the rival to try to stop

him. He does it with respect, there are regulations that try to protect all the players and that's it. Since last year he has improved in this regard.

Each one has their character

, but the important thing is that he is focused on the game and nothing else".

Ancelotti admitted his "illusion" with

Vinicius and Rodrygo

and anticipated that

Benzema

"has a chance" of playing Sunday's derby against

Atlético de Madrid

.

In addition, he recommended Asensio "hold on" after his anger in the last game.

"The reaction to his anger has been good, and that's what has to happen when you get angry."

For his part,

Antonio Rüdiger

valued his moment in Madrid before making his debut with the white team at the Bernabéu in the Champions League.

"A privilege.

I have some nerves

, of course."

Asked about some statements that

Neymar

has made in which he assures that the German center-back "is scary", he replied: "

I don't know if I scare someone

, what I do like is being aggressive but with justice, being clean. My statistics say it: in the last five years I haven't had a red card. My nature is to play hard."

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