Striker Kylian Mbappe broke his nose in France ‘s hard-fought 1-0 win over Austria in the opening match of the EURO 2024 group stage . After the match, there was a lot of information that Mbappe might have to miss the entire group stage, or at least miss the upcoming match against the Netherlands (2am, June 22), but there was also information that Mbappe only needed a mask to return to play.

Mbappe returned to training with his nose bandaged

He laughed and joked on the training ground in a relaxed mood.

During the training session on the afternoon of June 19, the superstar striker of “Les Bleus” participated and he practiced lightly to avoid collision, while his nose was bandaged. So the information from the French team seems to be correct, Mbappe will not have to undergo quick surgery and only needs a protective mask to continue playing in EURO.

Mbappe attended training in a relaxed mood, joking with his teammates and participating in non-contact exercises such as finishing. The Real Madrid new signing later posted on Instagram that “No risk, no win”, implying that he might continue playing.

During the training session, Mbappe joked with his teammates and did light exercises like finishing.

During the training session, coach Didier Deschamps and Mbappe also had a long conversation, seemingly to discuss whether Mbappe could play against the Netherlands or not. Although coach Deschamps was initially quite pessimistic about Mbappe’s ability to recover, the captain of the EURO 2000 championship squad felt more secure after being informed by the hospital that Mbappe did not need surgery.

Despite being injured, Mbappe still didn’t seem to be in a dark mood afterward. He went to social networks to ask if anyone had any ideas about masks. The question was answered in a rather funny way when someone sent a gift box to Mbappe, inside was a Ninja Turtle mask.