Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck… Call it what you want but the reality is there: while everything was going well for him this season, Kylian Mbappé was struck by a stroke of luck Monday morning in training.
A sole on the top of the left foot signed Idrissa Gueye to be exact.
A shock which causes uncertainty around the presence of the best Parisian player on the lawn of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Wednesday evening for the knockout round of the Champions League.
During a day of excitement that has become classic when it comes to a PSG star, Kylian Mbappé's state of health went completely in a few hours.
The facts: during morning training at Camp des Loges, the Parisian striker was stepped on on the left foot by Idrissa Gueye.
Unfairly taunted and insulted by "fans" on social networks, the Senegalese midfielder had to restrict access to his accounts.
On a published video, we can anyway see the involuntary sole made by the African champion.
He finally received virtual support from Mbappé, who does not hold it against him.
Still, the pain, acute, is felt immediately for the Bondynois and he collapses on the ground.
A new care day on Tuesday?
There followed an afternoon of concern for the striker and the staff of PSG.
He immediately leaves the collective session for the first medical examinations carried out on site.
Very quickly, the hypothesis of a fracture in the left foot is ruled out before new tests are taken during the day at the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine).
At the end of these, the capital club published the following press release: “He carried out treatment this afternoon (Monday).
The clinical examination is reassuring and a new point will be made in 24 hours”.
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Two pieces of information: the absence of serious injury is confirmed and Mbappé will therefore travel with the group whatever happens towards Madrid on Tuesday morning (takeoff at the end of the morning).
Will he be present on the lawn of the Santiago Bernabeu for the final collective training scheduled for 6 p.m.?
For the moment, the former Monaco would favor a new day of care in order to place the maximum chance on his side for a participation in the poster for Wednesday evening.
For a player of this caliber, the decision of his tenure or a presence on the match sheet is taken at the last moment.
The suspense will last until Wednesday afternoon.
For Mauricio Pochettino's team, needless to say, an absence of Kylian Mbappé, scorer in the first leg on February 15 (1-0), would be a huge loss.
Author of 24 achievements and about fifteen assists in 34 outings, the Frenchman is involved in nearly 50% of the red and blue goals this season.
And without him, because suspended, PSG lost to Nice (1-0) Saturday night in the league.
A rapid regeneration capacity
If the shock in Madrid had taken place this Tuesday evening, Mbappé could not have held his place.
With more than 48 hours between the hit on the foot and the encounter, the delay seems long enough for maximum recovery.
100 % ?
It seems illusory no matter what.
In the past, the Parisian has proven a capacity for rapid regeneration thanks to his age (23 years old) and an “exceptional” body, as the doctors around him note.
In the summer of 2020, the victim of a severe torsion of the right ankle on July 24, he came into play less than three weeks later in the quarter-final of the Champions League in the Final 8 against Atalanta.
But he also knows that the game is sometimes not worth the candle.
Touched in a thigh in October 2019, he had replayed too quickly at Galatasaray and then missed several meetings with PSG and the France team.
Finally, a contracture in the right calf last spring prevented him from playing in the C1 semi-final return against Manchester City despite an overflowing desire.