Mbappe skips training again, set to miss Pachuca game

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, June 21 (Reuters) - Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe skipped Saturday's collective training session and is set to miss the 15-times European champions' Group H game against Pachuca at the Club World Cup, the club said.
Mbappe, who was admitted to a Miami area hospital earlier this week with acute gastroenteritis, had stayed at the team hotel and would not be travelling to Charlotte, North Carolina, for Sunday's match, a Real spokesperson said.

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