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Real Madrid will continue its Club World Cup campaign without Kylian Mbappe, who won’t play any part … More in Los Blancos’ second group game against Pachuca on Sunday afternoon in the United States. Real Madrid via Getty Images Real Madrid will continue its Club World Cup campaign without Kylian Mbappe, who won’t play any part in Los Blancos’ second group game against Pachuca on Sunday afternoon in the United States. President Florentino Perez’s summer of 2024 Galactico was taken to hospital earlier this week, after coming down with what the club described as an “acute case of gastroenteritis”. As confirmed by his head coach Xabi Alonso at a prematch press conference on Saturday, however, the Frenchman has sinec returned to the La Liga giant’s Palm Becah training complex and could make his return to action in Madrid’s next outing. “He is better, he returned from the hospital and is recovering. We are optimistic to have him against Salzburg,” Alonso said. Scoring in the 1-1 draw against Al-Hilal that was Madrid’s opener, academy prospect Gonzalo will replace the Frenchman once more and received praise from his manager. “He can contribute what he did the other day, he is a striker who can be a reference, and he had three chances in addition to the goal,” Alonso said. “We didn’t have so many players in the area, but we’ll see in the future. Now we’re focused on this competition. Decisions will be made later,” the Spaniard added. Completing the front line will be Rodrygo and a Vinicius Jr. who was criticized back home for still not being his best against opposition hailing from the Pro League which he’s been linked with a big money move to. After saying he doesn’t believe Madrid has to help recover the Brazilian’s best version, Alonso…

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