Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe is about to miss the Sunday club group World Cup Group H meeting against the Mexican side of Pachuca after skipping the collective training for the second time, the club confirmed. The French striker recovered from a seizure of acute gastroenteritis, who saw him hospitalized at the beginning of this week in Miami.
Mbappe did not travel with the team to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Real will play his second group match at Bank of America. Real Madrid spokesman confirmed that a 25 -year -old man stayed at the Team Hotel as he continued his recovery because he was isolated from his teammates since Tuesday and released from the hospital on Thursday.
He was missing the Madrid tournament opener-1-1 draw with Al Hilal-now the young forward Gonzalo Garca got off with a 34th minute goal before Rben Neč coped from the crime. This result was left by Madrid in the necessary advantages of the situation and watched RB Salzburg, who after 2-1 victories over Pachuca.
Real Madrid Xabi Alonso’s head coach offered carefully optimistic MBAPPE update. “It’s better. It’s been two days since he returned from the hospital. Inflicting and every day we are more and more optimistic about him for the next match,” Alonso said, indicating a potential return to the final of the group against Salzburg.
Despite the absence of their awning signature, Madrid is determined to make a statement at the World Championship in the club after disappointing a home campaign in which they failed to win the main trophy. The club underwent change-alonso replaced Carlo Anelotti at the helm, the incoming Dean Huijsen and Trento Alexandra-Arnold and the signature of the Argentine Miracle Franco Mastantuono to join in August.
However, Alonso rejected speculation that Madrid was trying to strengthen his center. “We are at the World Championship in the club, we don’t think of it,” he said. “With the profiles we have, I believe we can control the center of the field.”
Madrid last faced the Pachuce in the December final of the Intercontinental Cup, crossing to the victory of 3-0. But the Sunday game, which starts at 15:00 local time at 90F (32C) heat, will present new challenges.
Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois expressed his fears about planning. “When we play in Europe, at least in the summer, games are later in the evening. It’s not an excuse-they don’t plan it for the European market-but I don’t think it’s optimal for players and our health. I’d rather play in the evening,” he said.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
June 22, 2025
