{"id":3928,"date":"2026-04-14T01:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3928\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:55:33","slug":"kylian-mbappe-cut-short-his-training-session-at-real-madrid-sparking-speculation-ahead-of-the-second-leg-against-fc-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3928\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 cut short his training session at Real Madrid, sparking speculation ahead of the second leg against FC Bayern Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday\u2019s Mbapp\u00e9 shock stemmed from an incident in the 88th minute, when he went down inside the six-yard box following a fine solo run and a challenge from Girona centre-back Vitor Reis. His opponent struck him in the face with his elbow, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAZNFutbol\/status\/2043303562935959689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\">leaving Mbapp\u00e9 requiring three stitches.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the clear contact, referee Javier Alberola Rojas saw no reason to point to the spot, and the VAR did not overturn his decision\u2014a double call that infuriated the Madrid bench. Coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa fumed, \u201cI don\u2019t understand why the VAR didn\u2019t intervene. If he feels like speaking up, he does\u2014and if not, he stays silent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Real have complained about officiating before, most recently after the first-leg loss to Bayern. Two calls by English referee Michael Oliver sparked controversy then. The most controversial call involved Jonathan Tah\u2019s challenge on Mbapp\u00e9, a studs-up tackle on the Achilles tendon that merited only a yellow card. \u201cI don\u2019t know how Tah avoided a red card for that foul; it\u2019s impossible to understand,\u201d Arbeloa fumed after the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>The dropped point allowed league leaders FC Barcelona to open up a nine-point gap with just seven rounds remaining, effectively settling the title race.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday\u2019s Mbapp\u00e9 shock stemmed from an incident in the 88th minute, when he went down inside the six-yard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[266,348,187,84,416,85,82,83,86],"class_list":{"0":"post-3928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-bayern-munich-vs-real-madrid","10":"tag-champions-league","11":"tag-girona","12":"tag-k-mbappe","13":"tag-laliga","14":"tag-madrid","15":"tag-real-madrid","16":"tag-real-madrid-vs-girona"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}