MISSING SITTER TO MAYBE SITTING OUT

Euro misery for Mbappe, who squanders glorious chance and suffers a broken nose

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A broken nose, a booking for unsportsmanlike conduct and an unfathomable miss that silenced the crowd at the Dusseldorf Arena.

France's Kylian Mbappe has underlined his troubled relationship with the European Championship amid uncertainty over his injury suffered on June 17.

The Les Bleus captain, to his credit, was sublime in creating the goal that beat Austria 1-0 in their Group D opener, but his failure to score at a Euro will weigh heavily on a player who has found the net 12 times at World Cups - including a hat-trick in the 2022 final in Qatar.

Mbappe's last match at a European Championship before the Austria game ended in acrimony for France.

His miss in a shoot-out was the trigger for their shock last-16 exit by Switzerland at Euro 2020, after his side squandered a two-goal advantage late in the game.

Goal droughts do not come often for the superstar forward, but France's latest Euro 2024 game marked his fifth successive Euro match without scoring after a combined 18 goal attempts.

The 25-year-old was impressive and involved in just about every move, but it just was not his night.