Kylian Mbappé is hit in the back of the thigh. ERIC GAILLARD / REUTERS
Hit in the left thigh, the PSG striker came out in the 22nd minute on Wednesday in Montpellier.
Kylian Mbappé, concern. Holder at the forefront of the Parisian attack in Montpellier (live here) this Wednesday, during the 21st day of Ligue 1, the crack of Bondy finally spent only 22 minutes on the meadow. Visibly affected in the back of the left thigh, he tested himself for several minutes before sitting down on the Mosson lawn and asking for a change. After being examined by the doctor of the capital club, Mbappé was replaced by Hugo Ekitike before returning to the locker room, dropping in passing to the physiotherapist of the Parisian club, in images stolen by Canal+to beinjured on a support“. And to add that he hadtoo bad“. Not particularly worried, Christophe Galtier meanwhile mentioned, on C+ also, “a blow to the knee, behind the thigh. We will see…»
Inevitably, the concern is on the side of PSG. Firstly because it is Kylian Mbappé, and then because the program which awaits the Rouge et Bleu in the coming weeks promises to be busy, with in particular the round of 16 of the Coupe de France in Marseille next Wednesday but also and above all the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Bayern Munich, on February 14, at the Parc des Princes. Needless to say that without “KM”, it would be more complicated … We saw him limp down when leaving the Montpellier stadium. Not reassuring, even if one can imagine that it is also because of the strappings.
Incredible miss in front of goal
One thing is certain: it was definitely not Mbappé’s evening. In search of a first goal in L1 since the 16th lifting, against Strasbourg (2-1), Kylian Mbappé had a golden opportunity to shake the net for the 14th time this season in the league with this penalty from the 9th minute, after a foul by Christopher Jullien on Sergio Ramos. Missed ! Rather, Benjamin Lecomte stopped the shot of the 24-year-old tricolor international. Except that the referee of the meeting, Mr. Pignard, noted that MHSC players were in the area at the time of the shot. He therefore gave a chance to Mbappé again upset by Lecomte (10th), who pushed back on his post. Mbappé followed … and sent the leather in the sky facing the empty goal!
Incredible failure of the Parisian number 7, who will now cross his fingers that this alert does not in fact represent anything serious. Note that Neymar Jr was missing this Wednesday evening in Hérault due to “muscle fatigue“, while Presnel Kimpembe and Nordi Mukiele are still squatting in the infirmary and Marco Verratti, who has recently been released, is suspended. Last but not least, the veteran Sergio Ramos had to give way to the 32nd in Montpellier, hit in the left adductor. At first, “nothing serious“according to Galtier, hot, just after the match. Still to be continued…
