The captain of the France team left the pitch with a bloody nose at the end of the match against Austria on Monday.
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A disturbing image. At the end of a rough match against Austria, which the Blues won 1-0, Kylian Mbappé left the pitch with a bloody nose in the 90th minute, unable to finish the match, Monday June 17. Transported by ambulance to hospital, the new Real Madrid striker had to undergo x-rays to determine the severity of the injury and the consequences for him.
This injury was caused following an aerial duel between the Frenchman and Austrian defender Kevin Danso, whose shoulder Kylian Mbappé violently hit (86th), before remaining on the ground and then being replaced by Olivier Giroud.
“His nose is not good at all. It’s the downside of this evening, even if it’s just a nose, it’s very annoying for us”tried to put Didier Deschamps into perspective at the end of the meeting, at the microphone of TF1. “He is not goodhe added several minutes later, at a press conference. I saw him lying on the massage table, it’s not a scratch. I had media obligations, I don’t know any more.”
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Always ready to prepare for all scenarios, the coach nevertheless said that “the French team with Kylian will always be stronger. If the news does not go in that direction, we will fight without him.” The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Philippe Diallo, present at the match, nevertheless affirmed to Radio France that the player would not suffer “no operation”.
The Blues play again on Friday against the Netherlands. With or without their captain?