{"id":67088,"date":"2026-02-25T20:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/kylian-mbappe-out-against-benfica-in-uefa-champions-league"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:55:23","slug":"kylian-mbappe-out-against-benfica-in-uefa-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/kylian-mbappe-out-against-benfica-in-uefa-champions-league","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Out Against Benfica in UEFA Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Uncertainty surrounded Real Madrid C.F. ahead of the Champions League playoff second leg against SL Benfica, but the verdict is now clear. <\/b><br \/>\n<b>Sidelined for several months with a knee injury and forced to cut short Tuesday\u2019s training session, Kylian Mbappe\u0301 will not take part in this decisive European clash. The Madrid club officially confirmed his absence when the squad list was announced on Wednesday morning.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The former PSG star is not included in the group selected by <b>Alvaro Arbeloa<\/b>, a major blow as Real Madrid looks to secure qualification. Mbappe\u0301 has been playing through pain for weeks, raising concerns about his physical condition and recovery timeline. His unavailability puts the spotlight on Madrid\u2019s depth and fuels questions over how long the Bondy native will remain sidelined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Uncertainty surrounded Real Madrid C.F. ahead of the Champions League playoff second leg against SL Benfica, but the verdict is now clear. Sidelined for several months with a knee injury and forced to cut short Tuesday\u2019s training session, Kylian Mbappe\u0301 will not take part in this decisive European clash. The Madrid club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-67088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Out Against Benfica in UEFA Champions League - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. 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