Kylian Mbappe reacts to broken nose with hilarious tweet after France’s Euro 2024 opening match win

Kylian Mbappe has reacted to suffering from a broken nose in France’s 1-0 win against Austria in Euro 2024 on Monday night (June 17). After getting through much of the game in which the 25-year-old failed to influence proceedings, the night was to get significantly worse. While going up for a header, Mbappe won the ball, but his face seemingly crashed into Kevin Danso’s shoulder on the follow-through.

With blood spewing all over his face, the attacker received treatment before being replaced by former Arsenal man Olivier Giroud in the 90th minute. Seeing the funny side of things, Mbappe wrote on his X account (formerly Twitter):

“Any ideas for masks?”

France manager Didier Deschamps may be without Kylian Mbappe for his side’s upcoming Euro 2024 match against the Netherlands. However, the French tactician is prepared to move ahead without his star player. One would assume that the experienced Olivier Giroud would come in for the injured Mbappe. Speaking about whether the former Monaco man will be available against the Netherlands, Deschamps said (via BBC Sport):

“I’ m not going to go into hypothesis but the French team with Kylian will always be stronger with him. If the new doesn’t go along these lines then we will have to fight without him.”

Giroud wouldn’t be the worst replacement for Mbappe, although the former Chelsea striker is more of a target man. He’s scored 57 goals for France and is the country’s leading goalscorer.