{"id":61174,"date":"2026-03-17T00:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=61174"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:57:03","slug":"real-madrid-preparing-mbappe-for-city-clash-ahead-of-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/real-madrid-preparing-mbappe-for-city-clash-ahead-of-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Preparing Mbapp\u00e9 for City Clash Ahead of Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>French forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 returned to group training with Spain\u2019s Real Madrid on Sunday after being sidelined since late February with a sprain in his left knee, just two days before the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 clash against England\u2019s Manchester City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa confirmed in a press conference on Saturday that Mbapp\u00e9 had rejoined full training, appearing in photos and videos released by the club and participating normally for the first time since missing the Champions League match against Portugal\u2019s Benfica on February 25.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The club\u2019s leading scorer \u2014 with 38 goals in 33 appearances across all competitions \u2014 could be included in the squad traveling to Manchester, though his place in the starting lineup is not guaranteed, particularly with Real Madrid holding a 3\u20130 advantage from the first leg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to Spanish media, Arbeloa may give the French striker limited minutes in preparation for next Sunday\u2019s derby against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in La Liga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If he fully recovers from the injury, the captain of the French national team is also expected to join the upcoming international camp (March 23\u201330), during which Didier Deschamps\u2019 side will play two friendlies against Brazil and Colombia in the United States, less than three months before the 2026 World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French forward Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 returned to group training with Spain\u2019s Real Madrid on Sunday after being sidelined since late February with a sprain in his left knee, just two days before the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 clash against England\u2019s Manchester City. Head coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa confirmed in a press conference on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61175,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61174\/revisions\/61175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}