The second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Real Madrid and Paris is about to kick off in midweek, but on Monday, Mbappe was reported to have been injured in training. During the pressing training, Mbappe was hit in the instep of his foot when Geye stretched out his foot to steal, and the Frenchman screamed in pain and immediately declared injured.
Although it was judged in the subsequent injury appraisal that Mbappe did not have a fracture and other major injuries, but after suffering such a hard injury two days before the game, it was basically impossible to participate in the game again, right?
Unexpectedly, however, Mbappe's name was prominently included in the official announcement of the squad for the match against Real Madrid in Paris on Tuesday. Obviously, this is not good news for Real Madrid, but will it be a smoke bomb from Paris?
Some of the hard injuries from the collision can indeed recover at a relatively fast speed, but in just a day or two, can Mbappe really play in the Champions League in full condition?
If adding him to the squad is to create a smoke bomb, then Pochettino wants to achieve two possibilities: one is to seize Real Madrid's jealousy of Mbappe's personal offensive ability, so that Real Madrid still makes a key defensive arrangement for Mbappe's position in the second leg, and then does not arrange for Mbappe to play in the official game, changing the opponent by surprise.
The second is not to arrange mbappe to start when announcing the appearance list before the game, and then to come on as a substitute in the second half to attack real Madrid's physically weakened defense.
Although this may also be a relatively common tactical arrangement, if the first half can create a yellow card for a key Real Madrid defender, then the highly capable Kylian Mbappe's appearance in the second half is of great significance, and he will have more room to play to impact Real Madrid, even if he is not in the best condition.
It is undeniable that the biggest threat in the Paris squad today is indeed only Mbappe, Messi has aged into a midfielder, Neymar's single-soldier blasting ability is still difficult to complete a series of coherent offensive actions, Mbappe's presence for Paris not only brings speed, the most critical and easiest to ignore is actually his ability to finish.
Paris with and without Mbappe are all two teams. To exaggerate, the 23-year-old Frenchman is the real card to look forward to in the dialogue between the strong and the strong in Paris today.
Although Real Madrid's personnel configuration is old and tender, how can the confidence of the thirteen-crown giants be afraid of these rising stars? Playing Paris at home is a bigger advantage, but the final outcome of the game is determined by the players on both sides, which is indeed a game worth looking forward to!