The attacking star was not selected for the French national football team in November. At that time, an investigation into suspected rape in connection with the Real Madrid player's visit to Stockholm in October was still ongoing.
The investigation was dropped in December and now Mbappé is back in coach Didier Deschamps' squad for the double matches in the Nations League quarterfinals against Croatia.
Ahead of the return match in Paris on Sunday, it's an uphill battle for France. More than halfway through the match in Split, Ante Budimir could give Croatia the lead and in added time of the first half, Ivan Perisic extended the final score to 2–0. At that time, Croatia had also missed a penalty (Andrej Kramaric) in the opening of the match.
Mbappé had a good opportunity to reduce the score in the final stage, but after a strong save by home goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, the star and his teammates left the arena goalless.
