Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe is subjected to criticism from the team's fans during the international break after he was injured with the France national team during the match against Turkey, and returned to the Spanish capital, but he left the training headquarters to take a negative leave.
Mbappe remained silent regarding these criticisms, but he responded to the allegations of a report from the Spanish “Radio Marca” correspondent, in which he claimed that the French star was angry with the Real Madrid management for not launching a campaign to support him in the media in the race to win the “Golden Ball” award for the best player in the world, on the sidelines of the derby match against Atletico Madrid.
He pointed out that Mbappe's condition in the derby was evidence of his frustration with Real Madrid officials, pointing out that he was angry, and also expressed his dissatisfaction with Zinedine Zidane, the coach of the French national team, who also reserved his support in the media due to his feeling of embarrassment in light of Ousmane Dembélé also competing for the prestigious award.
Kylian Mbappe responded to this news via a post by Radio Marca on Instagram. He wrote: “Yes, well, yes, and I was angry with the great aunt too!”, along with laughing emojis.
The Rwanda national team was content with a 0-0 draw with its guest, Kenya, in a friendly match held in the capital, Kigali, on Monday.
Rwanda's English coach, Stephen Constantine, took advantage of the friendly rehearsal to prepare the largest number of substitute players and young players, but his team did not take advantage of the ground staff and the audience.
On the other hand, the Kenya national team continued its modest results during the current international break under the leadership of its South African coach, Benni McCarthy.
McCarthy, 48 years old, was one of the stars of the South African national team, and was the top scorer in the 1998 Nations Cup with 7 goals, equal to Hossam Hassan, the star of the Egyptian national team that won the title at the time, and the current coach of the “Pharaohs”.
Benny McCarthy also won the Champions League title in 2004 with Porto under the leadership of Portuguese Jose Mourinho, the current coach of Real Madrid.
Under McCarthy's leadership, Kenya tied with Eritrea 1-1 before losing by a goal to Guinea in the first two rounds of the 2027 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Kenyan national team will play two very difficult matches during November against South Africa in the fourth group of qualifiers.
Kenya will participate in organizing the African Cup of Nations with Tanzania and Uganda during the next edition, which will be held between June and July.
As for the Rwanda national team, it started its campaign in the qualifiers with strong results, achieving two victories over Cape Verde and Liberia, to share the top spot in Group Eleven with 6 points, equal to Mali.
The national teams of Mali and Rwanda will meet next month in two decisive confrontations for the top spot, enhancing the chances of early qualification for the Nations Cup.
The Cyprus national team came from behind with a goal to win a fatal victory over Latvia 1-2, Monday, in the fourth round of the second group in the third level of the European Nations League.
The Cyprus national team raised its score to seven points in second place, while the Latvian national team's score froze at only one point in fourth and final place.
The Montenegrin national team (leading with nine points) will meet the Armenia national team, which is in third place with three points, later today, Monday, in the same round of group competitions.
Latvia took the lead in the 57th minute through Eduard Dashkevic, then Cyprus equalized through Ioness Kosti in the 70th minute.
In the first minute of stoppage time in the second half, Marcus Edwards scored the second goal for the Cyprus national team.
