Nations League
Zidane misses Mbappé vs Italy, hopes for Turkey's recovery in Bordeaux
Kylian Mbappé seems to have to miss Thursday evening’s Nations League match against Italy. According to L’Équipe the captain of Les Bleus still suffers too much from a slight hamstring injury. Mbappé was absent Wednesday morning from the final training before France’s trip to Milan. The video snippet starts with “2 min See us more often on Google”.
For national team coach Zinédine Zidane the absence of Mbappé is a major setback. Zidane also missed the striker in the three previous Nations League duels. In the first match round against Turkey Mbappé was forced out injured after about an hour. After the international break he returned to action for Real Madrid.
The French still hope that the 107‑cap international can play on Sunday in the home match against Turkey in Bordeaux. France still have four Nations League match rounds to go with three wins and a draw. Only in the home match against Italy did France lose points with a 1‑1 draw.
Zidane under pressure, Mbappé misses training for Nations League duel
Zidane also cannot field Pierre Kalulu, Marcus Thuram and Aurélien Tchouaméni against Italy, who had already dropped out with injuries.