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The French striker Kylian Mbappe fights against the disease on the eve of the opening of the club World Cup for Real Madrid against Al Hilal.
The Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid is a doubt for the club World Cup match against club against Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia after missing training on Tuesday due to a disease.
The club said MBAPPE suffered from a fever, with the newly appointed manager Xabi Alonso, who will make his debut in the canoe during the Wednesday match, adding that a decision on his participation would be made in the morning.
“Kylian was a little better this morning, but he was not entirely in good shape, so we thought it would be better for him to skip training. Let’s see how it evolves, and we will make a last minute decision,” said Alonso at a press conference on the eve of the shock at the Hard Rock stadium.
The potential absence of Mbappe leaves Alonso in the face of a selection dilemma because the French player is currently the only recognized center forward on the team.
Brazilian teenager Endrick, who could have provided an alternative, was excluded from the traveling party as a result of a leg muscle injury suffered during the Real Liga match in Seville last month.
Mbappe played a decisive role for Real Madrid this season, scoring 31 goals La Liga since its high -level summer move from Paris St Germain.
Whatever the potential absence of Mbappe, Alonso insisted that his team should press “like a unit”.
“The defensive work is important. This is one of the tasks that we must approach in the short term, and in the long term, it will be decisive for our success,” said Spanish.
Real Madrid enters the tournament as one of the favorites, having dominated European football in the last decade, winning five of the last 10 titles in the Champions League.
Al Hilal obtained its place in the competition by triumphing in the AFC Champions League in 2021, and will seek to take advantage of any weakness in the Madrid range.
The real and al-Hilal were drawn in group F with Mexican Pachuca Pachuca and RB Salzburg of Austria.
