It is an injury that occurred in Paris which worries Madrid. Exited in the 82nd minute during the Blues’ success against Azerbaijan this Friday (3-0) due to pain in his right ankle, Kylian Mbappé, packaged for the trip to Iceland on Monday, must return to the Spanish capital this Saturday earlier than expected.
The fact that the captain of the Blues played almost the entire match perplexes the Madrid press, while the Frenchman had already left his Real Madrid teammates with an ankle injury last Saturday against Villarreal (3-1).
“The Real Madrid striker must leave the Deschamps training camp… for the same injury he already had when he arrived. Or worse, because he is now suffering more than when he left,” asserts the Madrid sports daily Marca this Saturday.
“At Real Madrid, there was nothing resembling an agreement on the number of minutes that Mbappé should play with France, but it is surprising that he played almost the entire match,” completes the newspaper from the pen of reporter José Félix Diaz. Hit for the first time in the ankle in the 52nd minute, Mbappé remained on the pitch for 30 minutes, until a new duel with Abdulakh Khaibulaev forced him to leave his teammates.
“Paris has once again prostrated itself at his feet”
The daily AS recalls that the Bondynois, once expected to be withdrawn, had approached this gathering without being 100%. “The captain of the Blues arrived on the sly at the training course in Clairefontaine. Convalescing due to ankle pain that had been causing him pain since last Saturday’s match against Villarreal, the footballer trained alone until Thursday, on the eve of the match against Azerbaijan,” explains Spanish journalist Andrés Onrubia.
The Madrid press also emphasizes the very successful performance of Mbappé for his return to the Parc des Princes, after a difficult divorce with Paris Saint-Germain, from whom the number 10 of the Blues is still demanding 55 million euros. “Paris, which had once criticized him for his departure from PSG, has once again prostrated itself at his feet,” believes AS, welcoming the exceptional goal (45th + 2) and the Frenchman’s decisive pass for the other former Parisian Adrien Rabiot (69th).
