# Mbappe goal overshadowed by knee injury in Zidane’s winning France debut

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-25 21:32 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/9/25/mbappe-goal-overshadowed-by-knee-injury-to-mar-zidane-debut-france-win?traffic_source=rss

> Kylian Mbappe scored France’s only goal in a 1-0 Nations League win in Turkiye, then left the field with a concerning left-knee injury. The result gave new coach Zinedine Zidane a winning start, but France and Real Madrid will await further assessment of the captain’s condition.

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