Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Tuesday October 1, 2024 at 11:29 a.m.
If Kylian Mbappé will be in the Real Madrid group for the trip to Lille on Wednesday in the Champions League, his little brother Ethan, who moved from PSG to LOSC this summer, will however be missing.
They dreamed of it. And Olivier Létang, the Lille president, too. But Kylian Mbappé and his little brother Ethan will unfortunately not be face to face on Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) at the Decathlon Arena, during the match on the second day of the Champions League between LOSC and Real Madrid. Announced absent for three weeks after suffering a muscular injury to his left thigh on September 24 during the La Liga match against Alavés, the elder will nevertheless be present in Villeneuve-d’Ascq. To everyone’s surprise, the captain of the Blues reappears in the Merengue group for this trip to the north of France. But Ethan Mbappé will, however, be absent. Absent due to a muscle injury during the previous four LOSC matches, and in particular for his reunion with PSG, his training club, which he left, like his big brother, this summer, the 17-year-old midfielder played again on Saturday in Le Havre, where the Mastiffs largely won (3-0).
“A complicated moment”
Coming into play in the 85th minute, he was injured again, in the quadriceps. And he is therefore forced, with death in his soul, to give up this long-awaited reunion. “I was injured during the match, and I’m going to be away for several weeks. It’s a complicated moment for me because it’s the first time since I’ve been playing football,” he explained in a message published on Instagram. My dream of meeting my brother in the Champions League is fading away but not disappearing… Thank you all for your messages of support, it gives me the strength to get through this period. I can’t wait to come back and. meet you all on the ground.” A very uncertain reunion in C1, at least this season. Because in this new formula, there are no more two-way matches during the first phase. To see the two brothers face to face, Lille and Real Madrid would therefore have to face each other from the round of 16. But the Northerners, outclassed in Lisbon by Sporting at the opening of the competition (0-2), should already qualify…
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