Following his hat-trick for Actual Madrid in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League final evening, France captain Kylian Mbappé (26) right now travelled to Caen for a shock go to to the membership the place he’s a majority shareholder. The Normandy-based aspect are in main hassle within the second tier, sat backside of Ligue 2 desk and stranded by 10 factors to Sixteenth-placed Clermont Foot within the play-off spot. Mbappé took benefit of the remainder day granted by Carlo Ancelotti to the Madrid squad to go to his struggling aspect and make a speech to the Caen squad.
Arriving on the coaching floor this afternoon round 1:30 PM, Mbappé met the gamers after their session. He was alone, accompanied solely by his bodyguards. Membership president Ziad Hammoud, sporting director Reda Hammache, and Michel Der Zakarian had been additionally current. The go to coincided with Der Zakarian’s first press convention since taking cost.
“I imagine on this, and you need to imagine in it too,” Mbappé instructed the squad, referring to what can be one of many biggest escapes from relegation that the second division has ever seen, – if Caen can pull it off. The Actual Madrid star then had temporary particular person conversations with some gamers earlier than posing for group and solo pictures – based on a report from .
With a loss to Annecy final weekend, Les Vikings made it a record-breaking ninth straight defeat within the second tier. It’s the worst run for any Ligue 2 aspect since Gazélec Ajaccio and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard going eight matches with out a win, in 2012-2013 and 2022-2023 respectively. Every little thing is at present pointing in the direction of a relegation to the semi-professional third tier within the first 12 months of the Mbappé period on the membership.
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