Kilian Mbappe held decisive matches of the 2018 World Cup with a back injury

Forward of the French national team Kilian Mbappe played in the semifinal and final matches at the World Cup with back injury, the L'Equipe newspaper reports.

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According to the publication, on the eve of the semi-final match with the Belgians , the 19-year-old striker sharply got out of bed to go to the shower and felt an acute back in his back, heard a "click" and fell on the bed.

Mbappe damaged three vertebrae, which led to spondylolistz (displacement of the overlying vertebra with respect to the underlying). The football player conducted the semi -finals and the final with an injury.

The French team in the decisive match of the tournament won the Croatian team with a score of 4: 2. In this meeting, Mbappe scored a ball, which, in fact, predetermined the outcome of the confrontation.

The Frenchman received a prize of the best young player in the tournament. At the World Cup in Russia, he spent seven matches and scored four goals.