According to L’Equipe daily newspaper, just a few hours after arriving at Clairefontaine, French national team striker Kylian Mbappe had to hastily leave and return to Bondy with his relatives to mourn a very close family member.
It is known that while preparing for the first training session, Mbappe received a phone call from his family saying that a relative had just passed away. He went to Bondy for a few hours, sent condolences, and encouraged the deceased’s family before returning to gather with the team at Clairfontaine late on the evening of October 11.
According to information from L’Equipe and Le Parisien, Mbappe will still fly with his teammates from the French national team to Amsterdam today (October 12), to prepare for the epic match with the Netherlands in the 7th match of the round. Eliminate EURO 2024 in Group B. This is a very important match because it is likely that France will have a ticket to the EURO 2024 finals if it wins against the Netherlands, or draws with the Netherlands and Greece loses to the Republic of Ireland.
“We also sent our deepest condolences to Kylian and his family. Kyky shouldn’t have needed to return to Bondy, but his personality is like that, always living with gratitude. The deceased was a very close member of his family. Kyky seems very sad, but he is still ready to play and fully focused on the match against the Netherlands,” said Ousmane Dembele, Mbappe’s teammate and close friend at France and PSG.
Even though he is in “half-lean, half-fat” form at PSG and has failed in the last 4 matches, Mbappe always plays a very important role for Les Bleus. He is still the number 1 leader on the blue shirt team’s attack line in big matches. In the upcoming away trip to Johan Cruyff Arena, Mbappe will still play in the French national team’s attack, alongside Antoine Griezmann and Dembele to support striker Olivier Giroud.
