Kylian Mbappé knee issue explained after Real Madrid detail posterior capsule hyperextension | OneFootball

Real Madrid said in a statement that Kylian Mbappé has a hyperextension of the posterior knee capsule, sustained during France’s 1-0 win in Türkiye on Friday. The issue forced the forward to leave the France squad.

Footage after his goal showed pain in his left knee but offered little on the mechanism. Specialists cautioned that video alone cannot pinpoint the cause and that without the player’s medical history it is hard to judge.

If a tendon is suspected, ultrasound is typically performed first, with MRI then used to look deeper into the joint.

Zinédine Zidane had mentioned hypertension around the joint, but specialists pointed instead to hyperextension, a mechanism that can involve the anterior or posterior cruciate ligaments. One club doctor felt an ACL rupture would likely have been ruled out quickly by post-incident clinical tests.

Tendon lesions, whether quadriceps or hamstring, can be slow to heal, especially at the patellar tendon, because tendons receive less blood than muscle. Recovery depends on the grade of damage. The sequence, strike, two or three steps, then a sharp jab while jogging back, was cited as consistent with patellar tendon involvement.

No timetable has been provided, and no further detail on severity has been released.

Source: L'Équipe

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