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France captain Kylian Mbappé featured in a test match against a German youth team on Saturday, after not featuring in the previous day’s 0-0 draw with the Netherlands at Euro 2024 in the wake of a nose fracture. Mbappé played with a black face mask in the game for the French reserves against youngsters from a club in Paderborn, where Les Bleus have their base camp. French sports paper L’Equipe said the German team was asked not to be too rough in tackles. Mbappé broke his nose in the first Euro match against Austria. He is expected to return into the line-up for the final Group D match against…

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