Mbappe Out of France Squad After Scoring Winner
France said Kylian Mbappe has a knee tendon injury and is returning to Madrid after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory.
- At Kocaeli Stadium, Kylian Mbappe left the Nations League squad after suffering a knee injury against Turkey, forced off the pitch shortly after scoring the winning goal in France's victory on Friday.
- After scoring the match's only goal, Mbappe received immediate treatment but briefly returned to play; he collapsed again one minute later, forcing Zinedine Zidane into a 58th-minute substitution in his first match as France manager.
- The French confirmed Mbappe is suffering from a "knee tendon injury" and is returning to Madrid immediately for further evaluation following the tournament opener.
- "Unfortunately, it doesn't look good," Zinedine Zidane said of the 27-year-old Real Madrid player, adding he would not take any risks regarding the forward's health.
- France secured a 1-0 victory in the Group match despite the injury setback, moving forward in the Nations League tournament without Mbappe as he recovers from the tendon issue.
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France's new national football coach Zinedine Zidane has to get along in the next country games without his captain Kylian Mbappe.
The French Football Federation announced that Kylian Mbappe, who was injured in the match against Türkiye, has been withdrawn from the national team squad.
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé suffers “a tendinous injury and is discarded for the rest of the rally,” according to the French Football Federation in its official social media account.
France's Mbappe out of Nations League squad with knee injury
Kylian Mbappé will be unavailable for the French national team for the remainder of this international break after sustaining a knee injury in Friday night's match against Turkey. This has been confirmed by the French National Football Federation (FFF). The star player scored the only goal of the evening in the 54th minute but was forced off injured shortly afterwards.
Knee injury for Mbappé on the occasion of the match between France and Turkey. The attacker left the retreat and is in doubt for Rome. There are still bad news for José Mourinho from this stop for the nationals. After Ibrahima Konaté, who abandoned the withdrawal of France for a distortion of the knee remedied in [...]
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