Captain Kylian Mbappe was confirmed to have left the France national team’s camp right before the match against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

The French team is going through the second reunion of the season to prepare for two matches against the Netherlands in the Euro 2024 qualifiers (October 14) and a friendly with Scotland (October 18). Les Bleus aims to regain the joy of winning after losing 1-2 to Germany in September.

However, right on the eve of the first match against the Netherlands, the French team suffered a significant loss related to superstar Kylian Mbappe .

According to the country’s No. 1 prestigious newspaper, L’Équipe, the French striker immediately left the team’s Clairefontaine training camp on Wednesday, October 11 (French time) due to the sadness of having just lost someone. family member.

Mbappe just left the headquarters of the French national team to mourn relatives in his homeland (photo: Getty)

Mbappe therefore asked coach Didier Deschamps for permission to return to his hometown of Bondy in the suburbs of Paris for a few hours to send his condolences to the deceased’s family. The French captain also showed his professionalism by pledging to return to the concentration camp the same evening.

However, this sad news will certainly greatly affect Mbappe’s psychology, especially when it comes just 2 days before the French team flies to Amsterdam to play against the Netherlands. That also raises the question that it will be difficult for Les Bleus’ captain to appear to answer the pre-match press conference.

Mbappe has not spoken at France’s pre-match press conference since their trip to Faro (Portugal), before the match against Gibraltar in June this year.

As for the French team, the match against the Netherlands on October 14 is very important for them. A victory will help Les Bleus get closer to a ticket to the Euro 2024 finals in the context of fierce competition between rivals Greece and the Netherlands. At this time, Didier Deschamps and his team are still ranked first in Group B with 5 wins, 6 points more than the 2 teams behind them but have played 1 more match than the Netherlands.

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.

Football commentary on Netherlands vs France, 01:45 October 14.

“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.