Mbappé absent from the gathering with the Blues due to injury: the French striker will start with his team Real Madrid this Saturday

Mbappé va bien jouer avec le Real Madrid ce samedi soir. EPA – MOHAMMED BADRA

L’attaquant français Kylian Mbappé, absent de la liste de Didier Deschamps pour les deux prochains matches des Bleus, est titulaire avec le Real Madrid samedi 5 octobre pour la réception de Villarreal en Liga.

Rested after a muscle injury to his left thigh from which he returned faster than expected, the captain of the French team was not selected for the Nations League matches against Israel (October 10) and Belgium (October 14).

“I'm not here to take risks”, explained coach Didier Deschamps to justify the absence of Mbappé, who nevertheless played thirty minutes – and lost – with Real Madrid in Lille (1-0), Wednesday evening, mentioning “a problem that is not serious but requires treatment to be able to recover well”.

“A problem that seems to be resolved”

“Mbappé had a problem that seems to be resolved, but not yet 100%, even if he trained normally”, explained Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti in a press conference Friday.

The Merengue number 9, absent during the draw (1-1) in the Madrid derby against Atlético last Sunday, finds his place in attack alongside the Brazilian Vinicius Junior for the reception of Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabéu (9 p.m.).