Mbappe in Real Madrid squad for FIFA Intercontinental Cup final in Qatar football news
Kylian Mbappe’s foot injury suffered in the Champions League last week has not stopped him from being included in the squad for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final.
Kylian Mbappe has been named in Real Madrid’s squad for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final and the 25-year-old will travel to Qatar this week, the Spanish club have said.
The French forward’s Middle East trip was in doubt after suffering a thigh injury in Madrid’s 3-2 UEFA Champions League win over Atalanta in Bergamo, Italy, on December 10.
“Mbappé worked some with the rest of the team and some on his own,” Real said of his final training session before the trip to Doha on Monday.
Real Madrid, which qualified for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup by winning the 2023–24 Champions League, will play in the final against Mexico’s Pachuca – the winners of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, who must first beat Brazil’s Botafogo and Egypt’s Al Ahly to advance. Was. Last.
The FIFA Intercontinental Cup final will be played on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium just outside the capital Doha – the same venue that hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar final.
The newly-introduced FIFA Intercontinental Cup is a club competition played annually between the winner of the UEFA Champions League and a series of intercontinental playoffs, including the confederation champions of all major club competitions.