Kylian Mbappé will not be at Camp Nou this Sunday night, the match in which Barcelona can lift the league title, something that only the white team can prevent with a victory (21.00, Movistar). The club confirmed this morning, before boarding the plane, that the forward did not feel in perfect condition at the end of Saturday’s training.
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The club reported two weeks ago that the Frenchman, who left the match against Betis on April 24 in the 81st minute, was suffering from an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg and added that the goal was to make it to the clásico. On Friday he completed training with the rest of his teammates, it seemed he was aiming for the match, but in the practice before the duel with the blaugranas he left before finishing, according to a spokesperson from Valdebebas.
Madrid’s next commitment will be next Thursday, at home against Oviedo, in front of a crowd in which a certain discontent has been brewing in recent weeks over Mbappé’s involvement. Among the club, his trip last weekend with his partner to Italy during his days off was also not well understood. The forward landed in Barajas just a few minutes before the team started their match in Cornellà.
This Sunday, Carvajal, Militão, Mendy, Ceballos, Valverde, Güler, and Rodrygo are also out at Camp Nou due to injury. In the case of Ceballos, it is a technical decision for the third consecutive match (a show of force at a time when there are no exclusions except for physical reasons), although Álvaro Arbeloa insisted this Saturday in a press conference that the locker room situation was in full health.
He said this after the serious fight between Valverde and Tchouameni, who were fined 500,000 euros by the club. The Uruguayan, out due to a cranial trauma after the stitches he received on his forehead during his clash with the Frenchman, will be out for about 10 more days. However, the French midfielder has traveled. Just like Thibaut Courtois, recovered from physical problems.
