Six days after his broken nose against Austria, the captain of the Blues took part in the opposition against the young people of Paderborn this Saturday, at the Home Deluxe Arena.
Special envoy to Paderborn
Olivier Giroud, Benjamin Pavard, Eduardo Camavinga… As usual, the Blues who had played little or not against the Netherlands (0-0) on Friday played against the reserve of the Paderborn club (German D2), with mixed teams since some Blues played with young people from Paderborn and vice versa. And this under a finally summer sky and a very pleasant temperature, which has not necessarily always been the case since our arrival in Germany.
Dressed in his black mask, Kylian Mbappé participated in the entirety of this meeting of two times 30 minutes, with two goals, by multiplying the high intensity sprints. A way to test yourself in view of Poland on Tuesday in Dortmund? Most likely, but it is obviously too early to draw conclusions.
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Coman stays at the hotel, Barcola impresses
Remember that “KM” suffered a broken nose against Austria (1-0). He did not play Friday against the Dutch, taking his place on the bench. The day before, he had participated in the first 15 minutes of the training session… before working away from the group. As we explained earlier, the neo-Madrilenian pushes to play. Didier Deschamps is considering this hypothesis but is still waiting to decide.
Please note that Kingsley Coman did not take part in the session. The Bayern Munich winger stayed at the Hotel des Bleus in Bad Lippspringe with the 11 other starters from Friday. They carried out a recovery session with the physiotherapists and the physical trainer of the France team, Cyril Moine.
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Mbappé is very nice, he spoke with us, we were able to take some photos
Kylian Mbappé
As for Kylian Mbappé, he wore his black mask during the entire opposition. Very mobile on the attacking front, he inevitably impressed the young people of Paderborn. “He is very fast», whispers one of them, a smile on their lips. “It was a pleasure, we always want to face the best players», added this defender, who was able to attest to the good form of the former Parisian, the latter having given him a hard time. “He is very nice, he spoke with us, we were able to take some photos», he continued, delighted to have rubbed shoulders with the future Madrilenian.
Note that the Parisian Bradley Barcola, who has not yet been used since the start of Euro 2024, also impressed the Paderborn U21s, he who scored a hat-trick during the first opposition of this type, in the aftermath of Austria-France. At the mention of his name, the young people of Paderborn had a broad smile that spoke volumes.
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Poland Friday
To be fair, they named almost every player when asked who impressed them the most, with Eduardo Camavinga also garnering a good number of votes. On Tuesday, Robert Lewandowski and the Poles will be much less so. Even if they are already eliminated from the race for the round of 16 of the Euro, they will not be in Dortmund as sparring partners for the France team…
