France team: here’s how Real Madrid reacted to Mbappé’s injury

On Saturday evening, the verdict on Kylian Mbappé’s injury was announced. But long before that, Real Madrid had been very worried.

Kylian Mbappé, who is injured, will be out for 10 to 12 days for the France national team. This is bad news for Zinédine Zidane and his staff, for whom the Bondy native is logically a key member of the team and an undisputed starter. In Madrid, they seem rather happy with this minor physical issue.

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Indeed, Kylian Mbappé will be able to rest and be ready as soon as play resumes, with a major match against Villarreal awaiting José Mourinho’s team. According to information from AS, the decision-makers at Real Madrid were very worried and were possibly expecting their number 10 to be out for longer. The Merengues’ executives were expecting an absence of several weeks, so the initial predictions were fairly pessimistic.

AS even reports that there was shock internally at Real Madrid following the verdict, which was therefore considered very positive.

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