{"id":50548,"date":"2026-04-27T16:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50548"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:55:07","slug":"kylian-mbappe-injury-update-real-madrid-star-diagnosed-with-semitendinosus-muscle-injury-in-left-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/kylian-mbappe-injury-update-real-madrid-star-diagnosed-with-semitendinosus-muscle-injury-in-left-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Injury Update: Real Madrid star diagnosed with semitendinosus muscle injury in left leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Real Madrid have officially announced that <strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong> has been diagnosed with an injury to the <strong>semitendinosus muscle<\/strong> (part of the hamstring group) in his <strong>left leg<\/strong>. The French superstar was forced off during Real Madrid\u2019s 1-1 La Liga draw against Real Betis on April 24, 2026, after feeling discomfort in the closing stages of the match.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">What Happened to Kylian Mbapp\u00e9?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Mbapp\u00e9, who was making his 100th appearance for Real Madrid, pulled up without any contact in the 81st minute and immediately signaled to the bench for a substitution. He walked off the pitch under his own power but showed clear signs of discomfort.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Initial assessments pointed to a <strong>muscle overload<\/strong> or <strong>strain<\/strong> in the left hamstring. Further tests conducted by the Real Madrid medical team confirmed the issue specifically in the <strong>semitendinosus muscle<\/strong> of his left leg.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Real Madrid coach \u00c1lvaro Arbeloa commented post-match: \u201cI have no idea [what\u2019s wrong with Mbapp\u00e9]. He felt some discomfort. We\u2019ll see how he evolves over the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Impact on Real Madrid\u2019s Season<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This latest injury comes at a difficult time for Los Blancos. Real Madrid are trailing Barcelona in the La Liga title race, and Mbapp\u00e9 has been one of their standout performers, scoring heavily throughout the 2025-26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The timing also raises concerns ahead of key fixtures, including a potential <strong>El Cl\u00e1sico<\/strong> clash and the run-in to the season. Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s absence would be a significant blow to their attacking options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have officially announced that Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 has been diagnosed with an injury to the semitendinosus muscle (part of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":50549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[449],"class_list":["post-50548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-kylian-mbappe"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50551,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50548\/revisions\/50551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}