Real Madrid Confirm Thigh Injury For Kylian Mbappe, Coach Carlo Ancelotti Says This | football news

Real Madrid ahead Kylian Mbappe suffered a thigh harm on this week’s Champions League match at Atalanta, the Spanish membership confirmed Thursday with out giving particulars on his absence. “Following tests carried out on Kylian Mbappe today by the Real Madrid medical department, the player has been diagnosed with a thigh injury in his left leg. His progress will be monitored,” Real mentioned in a press release. On Tuesday, Mbappe opened the scoring within the tenth minute in a 3–2 win in Bergamo to revive the holders’ flagging Champions League marketing campaign.

But the 25-year-old pulled up with a muscle ache after 36 minutes and was changed by Rodrygo.

“Mbappe has some discomfort in his hamstrings. It doesn’t seem serious but we’ll see tomorrow,” mentioned Real coach Carlo Ancelotti after Tuesday’s match.

“He couldn’t sprint, it hurt him a bit and we thought it best to replace him.”

Before pulling up Mbappe had one among his finest outings within the Madrid jersey since becoming a member of final summer season from Paris Saint-Germain with three clear scoring possibilities, together with one within the second minute.

He scored the fiftieth aim of his profession within the Champions League and his twelfth since becoming a member of Real Madrid.

Real play Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Saturday adopted by the FIFA Intercontinental Cup closing on December 18 and one other Liga sport at residence in opposition to Sevilla 4 days later.

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