2023-09-13 13:51:09
Opta had seen everything just before the meeting. When the France-Germany lineups were announced, the company specializing in statistics warned the Blues. “France has not won any of the last 3 matches where Kylian Mbappé did not start,” Opta wrote on its Twitter account. The statistic was once again verified against Germany.
Present on the touchdown bench, but without coming into play, “Kyks” watched his teammates get surprised in the 4th minute of play against Thomas Müller, before finally losing 2-1, with two goals in the five last minutes. Result: the last four times that the Blues took to the pitch without their star at kick-off, Didier Deschamps’ men were unable to win.
No decisive match
This bad series started during the last meeting of the 2021-2022 season. In June, injured in a knee, Mbappé was unable to participate in the draw against Croatia (1-1), and started on the bench against Austria. He then equalized in the 83rd minute before hitting the crossbar and missing the double, 1-1 final score.
3 – France has not won any of the last 3 matches where Kylian Mbappé did not start (1-1 against Croatia and Austria in June 2022, 0-1 against Tunisia in November 2022). Preserved? #ALLFRA https://t.co/jXNLQIH835
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) September 12, 2023
During the last group match of the World Cup, last November, Mbappé did not start against Tunisia either, and his entry in the 63rd minute did not change anything in the defeat of the Blues (0-1) .
This time, against Germany, he remained on the sidelines the entire match, due to knee discomfort, to continue this dark streak. For the moment, fortunately, none of these matches were of capital importance for the Blues.
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