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France team bosses sweat over Kylian Mbappé's facial injury

France skipper Kylian Mbappé injured his nose during his side's opening Group D game against Austria at the European championships in Germany. AP - Alessandra Tarantino

France football team head coach Didier Deschamps was sweating on Tuesday over the fitness of skipper and star striker Kylian Mbappé who injured his nose in a collision towards the end of his side's 1-0 win over Austria in their opening game at the European championships in Germany.

Mbappé's face smashed into the shoulder of Austria defender Kevin Danso as they both challenged for the ball in the penalty area at the start of nine minutes of second-half stoppage-time.

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