The French team trained on Tuesday at their training site in Paderborn, in a recovery session behind closed doors. Mbappé was not there and, for the moment, he is resting while waiting for the inflammation and possible bruises he may have in the area of his eyelids to go down, and for the mask to arrive with which he will have to play as much as he can. remains of the tournament for France, which is a lot: «It is impossible for me to play without it. The doctors who treated him in Düsseldorf understood that they should have done a reduction of the nasal septum, that soft part of the nose that was most affected, and they decided that this may be enough to play in the Euro Cup,” he explains to this Dr. Ripoll newspaper.
That is the priority objective right now for Mbappé: to do everything possible to continue in a Euro Cup in which France is the big favorite. Medically he has the approval, although with nuances: «It is good news that the impact was from top to bottom, that he did not suffer a concussion and that they only had to relocate his nose. It reminds me of the case of Saúl, the Atlético player, who took the opportunity during a national team break to undergo surgery to fix his nose (which he had broken in training) and in a few days he was at Simeone’s disposal. This is not the case with Mbappé, who is not going to undergo surgery, but he does have to play against the Netherlands, I don’t think he will have problems,” analyzes the doctor.
The most important thing in these 48 hours after the mishap against Austria is to control and reduce inflammation so that the pain and discomfort disappear as soon as possible. The rest will be done by the protective mask that Mbappé himself took with humor in the early hours of Monday to Tuesday when he asked his X account for advice on choosing one. “I’m sure that in Friday’s game he will be, at least, on the bench and if France has to take risks because the result is not what was expected, Deschamps will be able to pull Mbappé,” says Ripoll.
Margin
It is evident that it would be great for Mbappé not to play against the Netherlands or Poland and save himself for the round of 16, which France would play on Monday, July 1 or Tuesday, July 2, depending on whether they finish first or second in the group, but no one on the French team Yesterday he wanted to venture to talk about when Mbappe will play. The normal thing is that France, even without Kylian, calmly moves on to the crossroads, which would allow Mbappé to have two weeks of margin to forget about his nose and stand in the second round as if nothing had happened, although that will not be entirely the case. The Eurocup is one thing and what comes after is another.
Once the championship concludes, and assuming that the mask will protect him from new blows in that area that will not cause more damage than the one already suffered, the footballer will have to be re-evaluated to define whether he undergoes surgery or not. If yes, he will have to be out for between two and three weeks, so in Real Madrid’s opinion it would be appropriate for him to do it right during his vacation period to arrive at the preseason with his nose completely healed and begin his journey in the white club as planned, with the European Super Cup on August 14 in Warsaw. Time will clear us of doubts.
