With a few exceptions, the Spanish press was generally surprised by Didier Deschamps’ decision not to call up Kylian Mbappé. Kylian Mbappé in the Bleus squad gathering on Thursday. In the press, Marca newspaper highlights the situation is “strange”. “Nobody understands anything”says El Chiringuito.

Madrid newspaper AS headlined “Touché” with a photo of Kylian Mbappé. The newspaper’s editorialist Alfredo Relaño underlines the disavowal that this non-convocation represents for the former Parisian: “This is a serious setback for Mbappé, demoted from captain of the French team to not called up by the coach, at a time when the Bernabéu is suffering heavy defeats and starting to despair over the many goals he has missed.”

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The Catalan press, for its part, did little to react to Mbappé’s non-convocation. Nevertheless, the newspaper Sport ironically headlined on its website: “Until France they’re tired of Mbappé!”.

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