Kylian Mbappe sent to hospital with ‘acute gastroenteritis’ after missing Real Madrid’s Club World Cup opener

Kylian Mbappe has been admitted to the hospital with acute gastro -centeritis, announced the club after his absence in Real Madrid’s Opener in the FIFA Club World Cup. Real Madrid suffered without him in the first game of Xabi Alonso and pulled 1-1 with Saudi-Arab side Al-Hilal.

“Our player Kylian Mbappé Suffers from an acute case of gastroenteritis and was admitted to the hospital to undergo a series of tests and follow the correct treatment course, “Real Madrid said in a statement.

There is no time schedule for Mbappe’s return, but the recovery of gastroenteritis can take more than a week, which means that Mbappe runs the risk of missing the group phase of Real Madrid with Pachuca On Sunday. After having scored 31 goals in his debut season for Los Blancos, the stage is set for Mbappe to impress this season, but there is a lot of change in the club under Alonso and with the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold. Gonzalo Garcia The match against Al-Hilal started in the absence of Mbappe and scored the only goal of Real Madrid.

With Mbappe put aside, it will take longer than expected before Alonso gets the entire Real Madrid team together and Garcia could continue to start after scoring 26 goals in all competitions last season. Next for Real Madrid will be Pachuca on Sunday before he bumped RB Salzburg on June 26. RB Salzburg is currently leading group H after their victory over Pachuca to open the tournament that could make things interesting during the rest of the group stage.