Kylian Mbappé says he feels like he’s in a virtual reality game wearing his mask at Euro 2024

Kylian Mbappé says he feels like he’s in a virtual reality game wearing his mask at Euro 2024
Kylian Mbappé felt like he was in a virtual reality game when playing in a mask to protect his broken nose at the European Championship.
The France star was smiling while telling the story Sunday on the eve of facing Belgium in the round of 16.
But clearly he does not enjoy playing his role as the masked man of Euro 2024 — “an absolute horror,” he said.
“I had the impression in the first game that I was playing in 3D,” Mbappé told reporters, putting his hands to the sides of his head and mimicking wearing a VR headset.
“I saw people but I had the feeling it was not me that was playing,” he said of his comeback in a 1-1 draw against Poland on Tuesday.
Mbappé’s nose was broken in an accidental collision with an Austria defender’s shoulder during a 1-0 win for France in its opening game on June 17.
Without its captain and key goalscoring threat, France drew 0-0 with the Netherlands and on his masked return he played tentatively though scored with a penalty in a second straight draw.