Without Kylian Mbappé, injured in the patellar tendon and absent for the confrontation against Germany, this Tuesday evening at Signal Iduna Park, the France team lost (1-2) against the men of Rudi Völler, interim coach after the departure of Hansi Flick. Uninspired offensively and in difficulty defensively, the Blues finally suffered the law of Mannschaft, despite being in the midst of a crisis.
With this setback, the finalists of the last World Cup break a great dynamic (they were until then undefeated in 2023) but above all demonstrate a certain dependence on the Parisian star. At least in terms of a statistic… Indeed, France has not won any of the last four matches where Kylian Mbappé did not start: 1-1 against Croatia and Austria in June 2022, 0-1 against Tunisia in November 2022 and 2-1 this evening against Germany…