The inexplicable thing about the "killer" Bellingham: "I'm shy, but every day I arrive with a smile on my face"

«¡Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude!». The Santiago Bernabéu cheered Bellingham when the new idol of the white coliseum looked at the stands and raised his arms, as if nailed to a cross, to the delirium of Chamartín. The midfielder (or so his technical sheet says) is the top scorer of the Spanish League and yesterday, in Real Madrid's debut in the Champions League, he gave his team the victory against Unión Berlin. He did it in the 94th minute, as if it were not necessary to explain Madrid's history in the European Cup. «He has quality, but he also has luck and the talent to be at the right time in the right place. When the rebound fell he was there to score. Him, not another, and that means he is smarter than others. “It's extraordinary,” Ancelotti praised him in the press room.

The Briton did not play his best game, but it was decisive, as in the entire start of Madrid's season.. He has accumulated six goals in six games and seems to have integrated perfectly into the locker room: “The teammates, the staff, the physios…. Everyone has received me very well. I'm normally a shy guy but I've adapted faster than I thought.. Every day I arrive with a smile on my face,” Bellingham admitted after the match.

A little further away, Tchouaméni, one of his best friends in the locker room, spoke wonderfully about him: “He is an incredible player.”. We are very happy to play with him. “Enjoy every minute, every training session and every game at the Bernabéu.”

Despite the victory, the French and the English suffered throughout the match due to the intensity and determination of Unión Berlin. Until the second half, Madrid's midfielders found it difficult to create chances: “We have been patient. We knew we would have chances at the end. It was a game to move the ball and get spaces and in the end we did it. “We showed a good mentality and a good drive to win,” said Bellingham, who jokingly acknowledged that it had not been his “most beautiful goal.”

The former Dortmund player does not want to set a goal figure, and neither is Ancelotti willing to pressure him in that regard, but he is clear that “I want to be a killer.”. «I don't have a goal, nor do I want one. I want to create chances, because that is what is going to give us victories. I hope to continue with the streak.”. Laughing, he assured that his Spanish goes “like this, like this.”

The lack of goal

In the press room, Ancelotti ruled out Vinicius against Atlético de Madrid and announced his return next Wednesday against Las Palmas. “He is one of the best strikers in the world,” the Italian replied when asked if he missed the Brazilian.. The reality is that Madrid has six wins in six games, but they are having a hard time finding the goal easily. «Joselu is doing well. And for Rodrygo these games are complicated because he is good in the open field. In a smaller space it has cost. He was unlucky, because he could have scored,” explained the coach.

The Brazilian, upset by his drought, declared that “it is a matter of time” before he scores. “We are having a hard time scoring more goals, but we have to keep trying,” he insisted, admitting that “I have many finishes.”. “Before I didn't have as many and I scored more and this season it's the other way around, but I'm calm as always because I know the goals are going to come,” he concluded.

Madrid starts with three points in a “trap game”, as Ancelotti defined it, who recalled the defeat against Sheriff on the second day of the Champions League 21-22. «Has the coach said that Manchester City is a favourite? “I'm going to have to talk to him,” Tchouaméni joked.