Mbappé injures knee in first match wearing new On boots | OneFootball

Zinedine Zidane’s first match in charge of France was overshadowed as Kylian Mbappé scored the winner against Türkiye then injured his left knee while shooting.

According to Superdeporte, he immediately felt pain in his supporting knee, went to ground and was forced off. The problem was described as knee hypertension and a tendon injury, and he left the France camp to return to Madrid for further tests.

The game was Mbappé’s first without Nike after ending an association of almost two decades and signing with Swiss brand On last week. On have not yet produced football boots, with Mbappé set to act as global ambassador and help develop a range targeted for 2027.

He wore a plain white prototype in Türkiye, marked only by an alphanumeric code and the word LightSpray. The injury cannot be attributed to the footwear, since such issues are typically multifactorial.

His workload is also a factor after a minimal pre-season. He returned to training on 10 August and started on 22 August against Espanyol, and José Mourinho has begun with him in Real Madrid’s eight matches this season, substituting him only once, against Inter Milan in minute 93.

Madrid await the scan results to assess the impact on a demanding month that ends with a Camp Nou trip on 25 October. Before that, after the international break, they host Villarreal, Sevilla and RB Leipzig and visit Roma.

Source: Superdeporte

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