The best-kept secret has been revealed during the training that the French team carried out this afternoon at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, the scene of the great Euro 2024 game that will pit the ‘bleus’ against the Netherlands tomorrow.
Kylian Mbappé, whose presence in the match is unknown due to the broken nose he suffered on Monday against Austria, debuted during training the mask that has been urgently prepared for him to protect his face.
The shocking image took place in the quarter of an hour in which the media had access to the training.
A mask with the symbols of France
But the mask in question, with the colors blue, white and red and decorated with the rooster that symbolizes the French country, cannot be used by Mbappé in his next matches, whether against the Netherlands or in subsequent ones. France will finish the first phase of Euro 2024 against Poland next Tuesday the 25th.
Because? According to UEFA regulations, it must be the same color and cannot display any identification of the equipment or protection manufacturer.
Mbappé is trying to get used to his new reality slowly and in the first stages of training he touched and replaced his mask on several occasions to position it in the best possible way on his face.
Mbappé jumped onto the pitch with the rest of his teammates, participated in the first rounds of the session and completed running exercises normally with a certain intensity. On Wednesday he had started training alone with a physiotherapist, with a nose protection, and only in the final part did he participate with his teammates in the shots on goal.
His presence against the Netherlands is doubtful, but Mbappé took a step forward after trying his protective mask for the first time.
