France lose Mbappe for Iceland after injury in Azerbaijan World Cup win

France bushed Azerbaijan 3-0 connected Friday to borderline person to qualifying for FIFA 2026 World Cup, but Kylian Mbappe injured.

Kylian Mbappe volition miss Monday’s qualifier successful Iceland, wherever France could publication their summons to the 2026 World Cup, aft taking different sound to his sore close ankle, the French squad confirmed.

Already suffering from a “small niggle” successful his close ankle from playing for Real Madrid, Mbappe took 2 knocks during Friday’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying triumph implicit Azerbaijan successful Paris, wherever helium opened the scoring but was substituted earlier the extremity of the match.

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The France captain’s lack adds to the agelong database of forwards unavailable for October’s World Cup qualifiers, which includes Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Marcus Thuram and Bradley Barcola.

Mbappe “will not beryllium capable to play Monday against Iceland”, a French Football Federation (FFF) connection read.

After returning to the Clairefontaine grooming crushed connected Friday night, “the French squad skipper spoke with (coach) Didier Deschamps,” who “acknowledged his absence”.

Mbappe “has been released to his nine (Real Madrid) and volition not beryllium replaced”, the FFF added.

The French superstar had already been rested for grooming with Les Bleus during the week with the aforesaid issue.

Mbappe scored connected the changeable of half-time and was past struck by a tackle from Rustam Ahmedzade. He took different sound to the aforesaid ankle precocious successful the crippled and was replaced by Florian Thauvin.

“He has a sore ankle and helium took a sound there. He preferred to travel off; the symptom was rather significant,” Deschamps said aft the French victory.

Adrien Rabiot and the substitute Thauvin were besides connected the scoresheet arsenic Deschamps’s men stay unbeaten aft 3 games and apical of Group D.

Les Bleus volition publication their transition to the United States, Canada and Mexico adjacent twelvemonth if they triumph successful Iceland connected Monday and Ukraine neglect to bushed Azerbaijan.