
Real Madrid pounded the panic alarm when superstar forward Kylian Mbappé re-aggravated a knee injury that rules him out of several games the 15-time European champions cannot afford to lose.
The Frenchman kicked off 2025–26 in electrifying form, scoring against just about every opponent he faced for both club and country. But logging heavy minutes in an action-packed match calendar for Los Blancos and France soon caught up to Mbappé in December.