Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe suffered a serious-looking ankle injury in Friday’s 1-0 French Cup final victory over St. Etienne.
The pacy forward was substituted after suffering the injury following a horror tackle on him by St Etienne captain Loïc Perrin in the first half of the final. The tackle came the in the 26th minute and unsurprisingly, Mbappe was unable to continue the game.
Perrin’s challenge on Mbappe sparked a mass brawl on the pitch and the defender was eventually sent off. PSG went on to win 1-0 thanks to Neymar’s 14th-minute goal as football returned in the country after a four-month hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mbappe was pictured limping through the stadium on crutches during the second half, leaving his participation in PSG’s hectic upcoming schedule in doubt. PSG would have been counting on the 21-year-old World Cup-winner to play a key role as they seek to win a quadruple of trophies following their Ligue 1 and French Cup triumphs.
The Ligue 1 champions face Olympique Lyonnais in the League Cup final and have a Champions League quarter-final against Atalanta coming up next month. Mbappe, who joined PSG from Monaco in 2017 for £166 m, has scored 30 goals in 33 appearances for the club this season.
