Breaking: PSG star Mbappe banned for three matches after red card

French teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe has been suspended for three matches after his red card against Nimes last weekend, the French league announced on Wednesday.

(FILES) In this file photograph taken on January 30, 2018, Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward Kylian Mbappe (L) reacts as the referee gives him a red card during the French League Cup football semi-final match between Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes.
19-year-old Kylian Mbappé will have to serve a three match suspension, the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP) announced on September 5, 2018, after his red card in Nimes. / AFP PHOTO

The 19-year-old, who also scored in the 4-2 win, was sent off for pushing over Teji Savanier after the Nimes player hacked him to the ground.

The French champions will be without Mbappe for Ligue 1 games against Saint-Etienne on September 14, Rennes on September 23 and Reims three days later.

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