It’s a return that will count. As we announced on Sunday February 12, Kylian Mbappé will appear in the group selected by Christophe Galtier for the reception of Bayern Munich this Tuesday evening, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. While the first good news had arrived the day before for his partial resumption of training, the Parisian striker participated in the entire session this Monday morning, according to our information, which confirms that of L’Equipe.
At a minimum, the staff can count on the presence of Mbappé on the bench on Tuesday. Can he start the game? It seems short, while an absence estimated at three weeks was announced at first. After the defeat in Monaco (3-1) on Saturday evening, Christophe Galtier confided that he wanted to take “zero zero zero risk” with the 24-year-old player. But Bondy’s crack, who halved the initial period of unavailability, has extraordinary recovery capacities which allow him to be on his feet already.
While Marco Verratti, since Sunday, and Lionel Messi, this Monday, also resumed collective training after missing the trip to Monaco, Paris finds a larger group. Only Renato Sanches (hamstring) and Nordi Mukiele (hamstring) are expected to miss Tuesday’s clash against the Germans.