The big stars of Real Madrid turned on the style to revive the Spanish giant's faltering Champions League title defense on Tuesday.
Galactics Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham all scored in a thrilling 3-2 win over Italian league leaders Atalanta. But Madrid had to try their luck again as Mateo Retegui fired in front of goal in stoppage time when presented with a golden opportunity to level the match. It was only Third victory for Madrid in the new league phase of the competition and leaves the 15-time champion in the unseeded playoff positions at 18th place.
Kylian Mbappé marked his 50th goal in the Champions League but then left Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Atalanta on Tuesday with an apparent physical problem. The French striker used expert control with his left foot to collect a pass from Brahim Diaz, then quickly got past a defender and fired a shot with his right foot into the far corner to give Madrid 1 the lead -0 after 10 minutes.
At 25 years and 356 days, Mbappé is the second youngest player to reach the 50-goal mark after Lionel Messi, who was 24 and 284 days old when he reached 50 in 2012.
Mbappé reached this milestone in 79 matches, the fourth fastest after Ruud van Nistelrooy (62 matches), Messi (66) and Robert Lewandowski (77). Cristiano Ronaldo leads the all-time Champions League goalscoring list with 140 goals and Messi is next with 129.
Mbappé came off later in the first half with an apparent leg problem. He was replaced by Rodrygo.
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