"He's trying to help us on the pitch. He's a decisive player and he can decide a game in any moment. Mbappe has score 38 goals in all competitions for Madrid this term. With 13 Champions League goals, he is only four shy of equalling Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season record of 17 goals in the competition."
Real Madrid faces Benfica in the Champions League play-off second leg with a 1-0 first-leg advantage. However, star striker Kylian Mbappe has been omitted from the squad due to a knee issue. Manager Alvaro Arbeloa expressed hope that Mbappe would recover, describing him as a decisive player capable of changing matches. Mbappe has scored 38 goals across all competitions this season, including 13 in the Champions League, putting him four goals away from matching Cristiano Ronaldo's single-season record of 17 goals in the competition. The first leg was marked by a racial abuse incident involving Vinicius Junior.
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