France's football team captain, Kylian Mbappe, will not require surgery but will wear a mask when he returns to play. He suffered a broken nose in the 1-0 match against Austria on Monday in Dusseldorf, during the first round of Group D matches in the European Championship 2024™. The French Football Federation confirmed this while in Germany.
Mbappe was injured in the 86th minute when he went up to head a cross and collided with Austrian defender Kevin Danso's shoulder, falling to the ground. The French star, who scored the winning goal by making a cross that was mistakenly turned into an own-goal by Austrian defender Maximilian Fauber, had to leave the field in the 90th minute due to a broken nose with blood flowing from it. A source close to him mentioned that it was still too early to determine the exact duration of his absence.
French Federation President Philippe Diallo told reporters that Mbappe "will not need surgery, and he will be fine."