Reykjavik (AFP)
Kylian Mbappé "was not ready" for the competition and was "in need of more time" to recover from the injury that occurred at the end of August to a thigh, said Thursday the coach of the Blues Didier Deschamps, asked about the Parisian package .
"He left for the simple reason that he was not ready," said Deschamps in a press conference on the eve of the qualifying match for Euro-2020 in Iceland.
The 20-year-old world champion "will need more time", this week he had "no good feelings" and was "not comfortable". "It was too short," he continued.
"After talking with the player who was following a protocol of recovery since Monday and Franck Le Gall, the doctor of the French team, Didier Deschamps has decided to make the player available to his club," had simply said Tuesday the FFF.
Injured with a thigh at the end of August, the striker of Paris SG has since played only on September 28 in Bordeaux and October 1 against Galatasaray in the Champions League, each time thirty minutes, before being rested again last weekend in the league.
With the team from France, "he wanted to come, give himself the opportunity." From the moment it is not possible, it makes sense to put it at the disposal of his club, "added Deschamps Thursday.
Mbappé was replaced digitally by Alassane Pléa, Borussia Mönchengladbach's striker, who appeared with the Blues once in a friendly against Uruguay in November 2018.
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