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09/25 16:50 CDT Mbapp limps off with knee injury after scoring for France
against Turkey and will leave squad
Mbapp limps off with knee injury after scoring for France against Turkey and
will leave squad
IZMIT, Turkey (AP) --- Kylian Mbapp limped off moments after scoring for
France in a 1-0 win away to Turkey in the Nations League on Friday and coach
Zinedine Zidane said he would leave the squad.
Mbapp rifled in a low shot in the 55th minute after he was set up by Michael
Olise.
But moments after his France record-extending 67th goal, the Real Madrid star
sat on the ground and grimaced as he rubbed the area around his left knee.
"No, it's not good. It's not good, unfortunately," Zidane told French
television. "He will have to go back. We will not take risks, he has extended
his knee when he took the shot. It's not very encouraging."
Zidane, the new coach, replaced his captain Mbapp with Dsir Dou.
A France official said Mbapp had suffered a knee tendon injury and confirmed
he would return to Madrid for treatment.
France plays Belgium away on Monday before hosting Italy on Oct. 2 and Belgium
three days later, with both those games at Stade de France. -__
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