Kylian Mbappé suffers a setback after being injured in the left thigh with Real Madrid

He came off, officially as a precaution, ten minutes from the end of the match against Alavés (3-2) this Tuesday evening and holding his left leg. But Kylian Mbappé’s case did not worry his coach Carlo Ancelotti too much. “He is a little overloaded, he himself asked me to come off as a precaution. Mbappé is doing very well,” the Italian coach had said. The results remained extremely positive with a first gem scored in the Madrid colours (40th) and a nice slalom in the opposing defence helped by his teammate Jude Bellingham.

This Wednesday, the situation changed a little. His first real beautiful goal in the Santiago Bernabeu is far behind. The tests carried out in the morning on the captain of the French team revealed a real injury, and a first setback in his Spanish adventure. “After the tests carried out today on our player Kylian Mbappé by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with an injury to the biceps femoris of the left leg, wrote the Madrid club in a press release. Developments pending.”

No Madrid derby or gathering in blue?

In other words, “Kyks” should not set foot on the pitches, according to concordant sources, for almost three weeks. A hard blow for the player who was slowly but surely beginning, after a timid start to the season, to integrate into the game of the White House and to enjoy himself in an attacking trio with the two Brazilians Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo. A starter in all official matches since the beginning of August, the number 9 had even just chained five matches in a row with at least one goal to his score, including a double against Betis Seville. This series will stop there for the moment and “KM” should rather follow his teammates from the stands in the coming weeks.

For the time being, pessimism also prevails regarding his presence at the next gathering of the Blues. The French team must face Israel in Budapest and Belgium in Brussels in the League of Nations on October 10 and 14, in three weeks or so. If the duration of his absence is respected, Mbappé should therefore not appear in Didier Deschamps’ list for these two matches, announced on October 3. Until then, the evolution of his injury will, however, be observed by the tricolor staff. Depending on all the elements collected to date, his forfeit will then be confirmed or not. His probable absence would, in any case, constitute a small bolt from the blue in the “DD” era since the Bondy star has been at all the French gatherings since autumn 2019. To replace him, the coach would then have a fairly wide choice with Coman, Nkunku, even Thauvin pre-selected or Mateta brilliant with the Olympiques.