Mbappe was suspected of cursing Lewandowski in the France 1-1 Poland match, the final round of Group D EURO 2024. Coach Deschamps updated worrying information about the number 10 striker.The clash between the two captains of France and Poland took place near the end of the match in the group stage of EURO 2024, when Lewandowski was shielding the ball, Mbappe tried to block from behind, resulting in his opponent’s hand swinging in his face.
Because he had suffered an injury on the day of the match, and had suffered a pain that forced him to hold his face, Mbappe had difficulty keeping calm, pulled down his mask and held his nose with his hand, barely able to utter the words to curse Lewandowski as a “bastard”. .
Regarding Mbappe’s situation, head coach Didier Dechamps updated the information, saying things were quite ‘miserable’ for captain No. 10 when he had to wear a mask to protect his nose to play.
In addition to limited peripheral vision, Mbappe had problems with his mask in the hot weather in Germany.
“A week after Mbappe’s broken nose, things are still quite complicated. I think he’s pretty good at wearing it.
The problem is that when Mbappe sweats, the mask causes discomfort because it gets sweat in his eyes and he needs to wipe it off.”
Aside from these inconveniences, the French captain is satisfied with Mbappe’s return.
“He is hungry to play and the match against Poland will be good for Mbappe, as well as the French team, especially with what we are about to do here at EURO 2024.”
After missing the deadline in the deadlocked draw with France 0-0 Netherlands due to a broken nose in the EURO 2024 1-0 win over Austria, Kylian Mbappe returned to Dechamps’ starting lineup in the Poland match, the final round of Group D.
Captain number 10 scored his first goal at EURO, when he successfully scored a penalty kick in the 56th minute. He took off his protective mask to celebrate with the fans.
But with Mbappe, France could not win against a Poland that was eliminated early, because then captain Robert Lewandowski also scored from the penalty spot (minute 79′).
With this result, France ranked second in Group D, because Austria had a brilliant 3-2 victory over the Netherlands, taking first place in the group.