French President Emmanuel Macron also wanted to know how he was doing from Kylian Mbappe. At the award ceremony after the French Cup final on Friday, Macron asked the world champion striker, who was tormented on crutches for the ceremony at the Stade de France after the 1-0 victory over AS Saint-Etienne. “It cracked a bit,” Mbappe said to Macron about the serious foul on him in the first half.
25.07.2020 12.31
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In the short dialogue with the head of state, the 21-year-old PSG superstar could not yet say how badly his right ankle was really injured. Anyway, Mbappe and PSG hope that it is not broken. The foul of Saint-Etienne’s captain Loic Perrin, who finally saw the red card after the following turmoil, excited PSG coach Thomas Tuchel long after the final whistle.
The German coach needs Mbappe for the final tournament of the Champions League in Lisbon, where Atalanta Bergamo is opponent in the quarter-finals on August 12th. “This is not good news for us,” said Tuchel and took the 13th cup win for PSG rather casually. There was no sign of joy one year after the surprising defeat in the penalty shootout against Rennes.
“All of Paris fears a serious injury”
Rather, Tuchel looked angry because of the over-hard gait of Saint-Etienne. “Everyone who saw this foul is worried. Of course I’m worried, ”said the PSG trainer. Because he and the team want to finally bring the European club crown to Paris – the championship title and the cup win are more of a duty.
“Mbappe – the bad blow,” wrote the newspaper “Le Parisien” and stated with a view to the upcoming tasks: “All of Paris feared a serious injury.” Sports newspaper “L’Equipe” spoke of an expensive success against a sad backdrop.
Personnel shortage at PSG on the right-back position
Mbappe, who was instrumental in the early victory goal by Neymar (14th minute), had to leave the field – and as in the previous year, when he flew against Rennes, did not see the end of the game on the grass. The same happened to the German international Thilo Kehrer. The 23-year-old injured his hip in a duel and could not continue.
After the change from Thomas Meunier to Borussia Dortmund, accompanied by misstones, problems threatened the right-back position, and the final in the League Cup against Lyon followed on Friday. Even then, a maximum of 5,000 spectators are allowed in the huge Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, where Macron came to the award ceremony on Friday evening with a mouth and nose guard – and Mbappe with a bandaged right ankle.
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