“Where is Mbappé, is he really injured?
“Last Tuesday, a crazy rumor ran through the training center of the Blues in the absence of the star.
Why isn't he on the field with the others?
Nothing serious, the PSG striker is just in the room in recovery.
However, it only took a handful of minutes for English journalists to get going, thinking that the worst had just happened.
Some go up to the podium to question their French counterparts, others are busy watching the long discussion between Didier Deschamps and the press chief.
“It would be better for us if he were injured”, slips a colleague, teasing but sincere.
Because the danger is well and truly identified on the English side.
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