India, March 27 -- Kylian Mbappe on Wednesday denied media reports that claimed Real Madrid examined the wrong leg when the France star sustained a knee injury late last year.

The soccer show "After Foot" on French broadcaster RMC Sport reported this week that the Spanish club had initially scanned his right knee, rather than the left one, in December. Other media outlets in Spain ran similar stories, nearly all of them citing RMC. Mbappe played throughout January but was then sidelined for three-and-a-half weeks before making his latest comeback.

"The report that said that they (examined) the wrong knee is false," Mbappe said at a press conference ahead of France's World Cup warmup against Brazil. "I am maybe responsible indirectly for...