The injury suffered by Kylian Mbappé on Wednesday evening in the Ligue 1 game with Montpellier (1-3 win) seems more serious than expected. The reports L’Equipe. According to the French sports newspaper, Mbappé underwent a follow-up examination in hospital on Thursday morning, which showed that the 24-year-old winger may be out for three weeks.
Mbappé had a very unhappy evening on Wednesday. After he first missed a penalty twice, he was hit hard by Léo Leroy during a passing action. The former only got a free kick, but was unable to continue and was replaced by Hugo Ekitiké in the 21st minute. Mbappé seemed to grab the upper leg.
At first, the injury seemed to be not too bad, according to Christophe Galtier. The trainer of the French leader suspected after the game that his star player had suffered ‘a bruise or a bruise’, and seemed to assume that he would soon have Mbappé at his disposal again. L’Equipe reports on Thursday, however, that research at the hospital has shown that Mbappé’s thigh injury “usually results in three weeks of recovery.”
That would mean that Mbappé will have to miss the Champions League match with Bayern Munich (14 February), among other things. The Ligue 1 matches against Toulouse (February 4), AS Monaco (February 11) and Lille OSC (February 19) and the Coupe de France duel with Olympique Marseille (February 8) would also come too early for the 66 in that case. -time French international.
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