Real Madrid made embarrassing error on Kylian Mbappe injury, per reports

Did Real Madrid make an embarrassing mistake when diagnosing Kylian Mbappé's troublesome knee injury? According to multiple reports, Madrid misdiagnosed the France star's injury after performing a MRI on the wrong knee back in December. Mbappé first suffered a left knee issue following a game against Celta Vigo on Dec.

7. According to Spanish journalist Miguel Ángel Díaz on Deportes COPE : "Real Madrid, in their initial diagnosis, got the knee wrong. Instead of examining Mbappé's left knee, they examined his right.

" That report has since been corroborated by RMC's "After Foot" program in France as well as The Athletic. The mistake reportedly led to the 27-year-old playing when he perhaps should have been resting. He was an unused sub in Madrid's game on Dec.

10, but then played the full 90 minutes in each of the club's last three games of 2025. The France superstar saw the injury return in early January, forcing him to miss three games. He suffered a relapse in late Feburary, missing five games before returning against Manchester City in the Champions League last week.