France are up and running at UEFA Euro 2024 after a 1-0 victory over Austria to open Group D with three points. But the win came at a cost with which forced him off late on in Dusseldorf on Monday. The French captain inspired his team to their triumph with a scintillating moment of brilliance, which resulted in Maximilian Wober putting through his own net as halftime approached.
However, a second-half miss and a late clash of heads with Kevin Danso ensured that Mbappe's fitness is now a more major worry. "Kylian's nose is not fine at all," said head coach Didier Deschamps moments after the final whistle. "We will see, but obviously it is the biggest negative to take from this evening" he added of the broken nose which will see him now require a mask to play on.
"Kylian Mbappe has suffered a broken nose," issued via the French press overnight. He is back in camp with the rest of the squad and will undergo treatment in the coming days without undergoing immediate surgery. A mask will be constructed in order to enable the French team's No.
10 to consider resuming competition after a period of treatment" Aside from the drama around Mbappe and his latest fitness concerns on top of the rustiness from his final few months with Paris Saint-Germain -- which many believe has left him lacking crucial fitness ahead of this tournament -- it was more or less textbook France under Deschamps. Like at UEFA Euro 2020, Les Bleus' win was a narrow one secured by an own goal with Wober replacing .
