Soccer-France's Mbappe forced off with apparent knee injury in Turkey clash

Soccer Football - Nations League - Group A - Turkey v France - Kocaeli Stadium, Kocaeli, Turkey - September 25, 2026 France's Kylian Mbappe reacts on the ground injured after he scores their first goal REUTERS/Murad Sezer

KOCAELI, ⁠Turkey, Sept 25 (Reuters) - ⁠France forward Kylian Mbappe ‌was forced off with an apparent knee ​injury shortly after ⁠netting his ⁠side's opening goal against ⁠Turkey ‌in their Nations ⁠League clash on Friday.

The ​captain ‌received treatment immediately after ⁠scoring ​and briefly returned to the ⁠pitch but went down ​again about a minute later and ⁠was unable to continue, forcing Zinedine Zidane into a ​58th-minute substitution ⁠in his first ​match in ‌charge.

(Reporting by Julien ​Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)