Penalty goal, celebration without a mask and a blow that worried: Kylian Mbappé’s game in France’s draw against Poland

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The broken nose he suffered Kylian Mbappé in France’s triumphant debut against Austria was one of the most resonant themes during the group stage of the Euro Cup. The world star suffered an injury at the end of the 1-0 draw in the Group D opener, which forced him to watch the draw against the Netherlands on the second round from the substitute bench. Although his team was classified for the round of 16, Didier Deschamps decided to send him to the field as a starter at the close of the first stage of the tournament, taking the risk.

With a mask, the ten and captain of the Gauls He was the architect of the goal that gave his team the partial advantage in the duel that ended with a 1-1 draw against Poland and placed his team in second place behind the surprising Austria. “Despite everything he’s been through, he played a good game. You need to get used to the mask because you sweat. But he always wants to play,” said the French coach after the game.

Kiki, who is preparing to start his cycle at Real Madrid after the tournament taking place in Germany, took charge of taking the penalty after Jakub Kiwior’s foul on Ousmane Dembélé. At 11 minutes of the complement he scored a key goal in the Signal Iduna Park from Dortmund. The detail? He took off his mask to celebrate the goal in the Eurothe first to score also taking into account his previous participation in the 2020 edition.

Robert Lewandowski He scored the equalizer from a penalty at the end, but the figure of Barcelona’s scorer was the focus of the match seconds later due to the involuntary blow that hit Mbappé in the face while holding a ball. The slap did not seem to be serious, but it was his own. Kiki who complained with pompous gestures and even took off his mask to highlight the pain caused by the contact.

The blow that Mbappé suffered in the face against Poland

So far, the goal against the Austrian defender Maximilian Wöber had been the only goal in the continental competition of the team that was runner-up in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, since then came a goalless equality against the Dutch.

This tie left France with five units positioned in Group D behind Austriawho struck the blow Olympic Stadium of Berlin with a 3-2 victory over the Netherlands that left them on top.

The Austrians will clash in the round of 16 against the second in Group F made up of Portugal, Turkey, the Czech Republic and Georgia on Tuesday, July 2 at the Red Bull Arena from Leipzig. While the French will also meet their opponent this Wednesday, who will be the second in Group E that features Romania, Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine (all with 3 points): this duel will be on Monday, July 1 at the Merkur Spiel -Sand Duesseldorf Arena.

The Dutch made sure to go through the phase as one of the four best third parties, but they will have to wait for the end of the group stage to find out their opponent in the round of 16.