
Real Madrid does not have too many players who enjoy a good season, but if there is one such it is without a doubt Parlan Mandy. The French defender gave Blancos 0-1 against ten Atlanta players, brought them closer to the Champions League quarter-finals and also “saved” the honor of Zinedine Zidane, who has suffered quite a few criticisms recently and calls for Petro.
“Mandy marks the way,” reads the headline of “Marca,” “Mandy, just in time,” reads the “S.” “I am very happy and hard to believe. This is my first goal in the Champions League, but more importantly we won and only after I managed to score,” he said. The shield Happy at the end. “I did not even know how to celebrate.”
“It was a difficult game, but in the end we got a good result and an away goal. We played against ten players and against a physically strong team. The result is what matters and we still have a rematch and we have to win at home as well,” he concluded. Zidane And when asked if Real was missing a spark, he claimed: “We are not missing anything.”
also Nacho Claimed that the numerical advantage actually made it difficult for Real: “It cost us dearly because Atlanta shut down, but we come out of this game with a bitter taste because we had to score more. In the end, the goal in these games is to keep a clean sheet and we managed to do that.”
Thibaut Courtois He added: “I did not expect such a game defensively from a team like Atlanta, but the red card helped a lot because it could not attack too much and built on outbursts. .
🗣️ “We did it, but in the end it was a good result”
🗣️ “Hace time that Isco did not play so much and breathes in a position that he is not suya. Hizo un buen partido”
🏆 #UCL #AtalantaRealMadrid
✍️ @Forjanes_AShttps://t.co/CPioXxBykD– Diario AS (@diarioas) February 24, 2021
Mendy: “I did not even know how to celebrate since it was my first #UCL goal. ” #rmlive 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/FJHClrQdor
– Los Blancos Live (@LosBlancos_Live) February 24, 2021
And what about the headlines in the Spanish newspapers after the victory? The “S” crowned Mandy’s late goal as the “Golden Gate” on the main page. In “Marca” they went for a lovable pun when they gave Mandy a compliment and put his name on the word “tremendous” (exceptional, tremendous).
🗞️ This is ours #PortadAS de hoy, jueves 25 de febrero
📰 Gold goal pic.twitter.com/pGr50dYnqL– Diario AS (@diarioas) February 24, 2021
#LaPortada Tremendy! 🗞 pic.twitter.com/m2BrUKRxPx
– MARCA (@marca) February 24, 2021