French star Kylian Mbappe surprisingly returned to Paris Saint-Germain training on Wednesday, 3 days after his country lost the Qatar 2022 World Cup final to Argentina.
The Parisian club posted a video on its Twitter account showing the attacker exiting a minibus and entering the Saint-Germain training center with the phrase “Welcome, Kylian.” He also attached another tweet with the phrase, “Kylian Mbappe returned to training on Wednesday.”
Welcome @KMbappe!
👋☺️
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_arab) December 21, 2022
Mbappe's return to training was a remarkable step in its timing, given that the players who participated in the World Cup will get at least 10 days off before joining their teams.
Mbappe, the World Cup top scorer (8 goals) and hat-trick in the final, was expected to return from January 2023.
🔙 @KMbappe is back in training this Wednesday to get ready for the second half of the season!
💪❤️💙
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_arab) December 21, 2022
His coach at Saint-Germain, Christophe Galtier, expressed his admiration for Mbappe’s move, and told reporters: “I am very happy to see him. ".
It became clear that Mbappe, who appeared affected by the "Roosters" defeat by Argentina by penalty kicks 2-4 after they tied 3-3 in the regular and extra time in a fiery final, wanted to speed up his return to the stadiums, the day after his 24th birthday.
@AchrafHakimi is back in Paris!
❤️💙🔙
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- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_arab) December 21, 2022
In turn, Moroccan defender Ashraf Hakimi followed the example of his friend, the French striker, and joined the exercises on Wednesday, according to the photos published by the Capital Club on social media.
Saint-Germain wrote that Hakimi, who led Morocco to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar before losing to France 0-2, and later the third-place match against Croatia 1-2, "returned to the exercises," and attached it with pictures of the arrival of the Moroccan defender, and then accompanied by Mbappe and defender Prisnel Kimpembe.
Mbappe's exercise program was not determined by Saint-Germain, who will face Strasbourg on December 28 at the "Parc de France" stadium in the resumption of the French League, and then against Lens on January 1.