The French striker, victim of a gastroenteritis when he arrived in the United States, had nevertheless returned to training with the Merengue.
Victim of gastroenteritis as soon as he arrived in the United States, Kylian Mbappé made his return to collective training in Real Madrid two days before the match against Salzburg. But the French striker was not summoned to the Merengue group who play their qualification for the final of the club World Cup against Salzburg, Thursday in Philadelphia, as Real Madrid indicated on his X account.
Even if the Frenchman touched up the ball on the land of the North County District Park Gardens in Palm Beach (Florida) where Real took up residence, he was tried too fair physically to start, the supervision undoubtedly wishing to take any risk with his star player which he will necessarily need from the direct elimination phase.
A very frustrating situation for the tricolor striker, eager to redeem himself collectively during this World Cup after a season without a major trophy with his new club, despite impressive personal statistics (43 goals, all competitions combined), rewarded with the European gold shoe and a title of “Pichichi” (top scorer) in Liga.