(Paderborn) The captain of the France team Kylian Mbappé, victim of a broken nose Monday during the Blues’ first match at Euro-2024 against Austria (1-0), “remains uncertain” for the Friday’s match against the Netherlands, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday.
“A new point will be made tomorrow (Wednesday),” continued the FFF. The French striker was injured at the end of the match Monday evening in Düsseldorf in a clash with Austrian defender Kevin Danso.
After violently hitting the shoulder of the Lens player while trying to head a ball, the Blues superstar found himself on the ground.
The Blues captain left the field with a bloody nose in the 86th minute of the game and was even booked for entering the field again without authorization from the referee.
Mbappé, who had caused the only French goal, scored against his camp by Maximilian Wöber (38th), was replaced by Olivier Giroud (90th 1).
He then underwent “radiological examinations” at the Düsseldorf hospital which confirmed a broken nose not requiring an operation at this stage, before returning to the French team’s base camp near Paderborn (Rhineland). of North-Westphalia).