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French striker doubtful after sustaining an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg, his club says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 27 Apr 2026<\/span>27 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is doubtful for the upcoming El Clasico match against Barcelona after the club confirmed he had sustained a thigh injury during his last outing.<\/p>\n Mbappe\u2019s injury was confirmed by Real Madrid in a statement on Monday, less than two weeks before the May 10 fixture, which is the biggest match in Spanish domestic football.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n \u201cHe has been diagnosed with an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg,\u201d the club said after the league\u2019s leading goal scorer went off hurt during Madrid\u2019s 1-1 draw against Real Betis in La Liga on Friday.<\/p>\n Madrid, second in the Spanish top flight, 11 points behind leaders Barcelona, face Espanyol on Sunday before taking on the Catalan giants the following weekend.<\/p>\n Real Madrid initially indicated Mbappe had suffered a muscular overload, but further tests showed their top goal scorer was injured.<\/p>\n If Madrid drop points against Espanyol without him and Barcelona defeat Osasuna on Saturday, Hansi Flick\u2019s side will be crowned champions for a second successive season.<\/p>\n Mbappe has been troubled by injuries\u00a0this season, generating concern in France with the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico starting on June 11.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old, a world champion in 2018, was dogged by a knee issue which lasted for two months, the longest absence of his career, and admitted it caused him \u201cfrustration, anger and anxiety\u201d.<\/p>\n Mbappe becomes the latest to join a list of injured players in the run-up to the World Cup, including Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons, Egyptian great Mohamed Salah, and Spanish prodigy Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n However, the French captain could regain full fitness before the June 11 start of the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n French striker doubtful after sustaining an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left leg, his club says. Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026 Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is doubtful for the upcoming El Clasico match against Barcelona after the club confirmed he had sustained a thigh injury during his last outing. Mbappe\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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