Mbappé to miss France’s World Cup qualifier vs. Iceland because of ankle injury
PARIS AP France captain Kylian Mbapp will miss his company s World Cup qualifier against Iceland on Monday because of a right ankle injury the French soccer federation revealed Saturday The Real Madrid star scored in France s - conquest over Azerbaijan on Friday but limped off the field in the rd minute Just before the international break he had hurt the same ankle while playing against Villarreal France verified that its star forward would not make the trip to Reykjavik and that he would return to Real Madrid After Friday s championship France coach Didier Deschamps had revealed the injury was not serious and that Mbapp just felt sharp pain after taking a blow to the same ankle France runner-up at the World Cup is off to a perfect start in the qualification process for the edition It has won all three of its games in Group D Pavard called up France defender Ibrahima Konat was circulated from the squad on Saturday and replaced by Marseille s Benjamin Pavard Konat had been struggling with a minor thigh injury picked up while playing for Liverpool against Chelsea last weekend He did not play against Azerbaijan Pavard joined Marseille from Inter Milan in the offseason AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
