2026 World Cup: France superstar Kylian Mbappe delivers injury update after fitness scare against Morocco

France skipper Kylian Mbappe has said that helium is "completely fine" aft being substituted during his side's 2-0 triumph implicit Morocco successful the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup.

The Real Madrid prima missed a first-half punishment successful the last-eight fixture but went connected to find the backmost of the nett successful the 2nd play to assistance France advancement to the semi-finals.

Ousmane Dembele besides registered for the Blues, who volition instrumentality connected either Spain oregon Belgium successful the last 4 connected Tuesday, up of a imaginable last adjacent weekend.

Mbappe was substituted successful the 77th infinitesimal of the contest, and helium appeared to beryllium struggling pursuing an earlier situation from Issa Diop.

The 27-year-old said that helium suffered "a insignificant ankle injury" during the quarter-final but insisted that helium is "completely fine".

Mbappe "completely fine" aft wounded scare vs. Morocco

"I person a insignificant ankle injury, but I'm wholly fine,” Mbappe told reporters. “[Jean-Philippe] Mateta was successful a amended presumption to play the remaining minutes of the lucifer and was fitter astatine that moment. That's each that happened."

Mbappe's celebrations astatine the full-time whistle besides eased fears surrounding a imaginable issue, arsenic helium was successful bully spirits.

The attacker has had an unthinkable 2026 World Cup, uncovering the backmost of the nett connected 8 occasions successful six appearances, leaving him joint-top with Lionel Messi astatine this summer's competition.

Mbappe, meanwhile, is conscionable 1 extremity shy of Messi's all-time grounds of 21 World Cup goals, with the Real Madrid prima connected 20 from 20 matches successful the finals.

Messi has been sensational astatine 2026 World Cup

The forward's wide publication for Real Madrid implicit the past 2 seasons has been the taxable of debate, but helium has scored 86 goals successful his archetypal 103 matches for Los Blancos and has shown his prime during this summer's tournament.

France are presently waiting to larn whether it volition beryllium Spain oregon Belgium successful the semi-finals, with the brace owed to fastener horns successful the quarter-finals connected Friday.

The Blues could past perchance look Argentina oregon England successful the final, though those 2 teams volition archetypal person to navigate their mode past Switzerland and Norway respectively.