{"id":197731,"date":"2024-07-08T15:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/france-boss-defends-mbappe-amid-criticism\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:11:45","slug":"france-boss-defends-mbappe-amid-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/france-boss-defends-mbappe-amid-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"France Boss Defends Mbapp\u00e9 Amid Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kylian Mbappe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France manager, Didier Deschamps, has come to the defence of his captain and star player Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 amid criticism of the striker\u2019s Euro 2024 performances.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9, 25, has scored just once in the tournament \u2014 a penalty in the final group game against Poland \u2014 with France reaching the semifinals despite not scoring a goal from open play.<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps substituted Real Madrid\u2019s latest signing in extra time of their quarterfinal win over Portugal on penalties, with Mbapp\u00e9 saying he asked to be taken off.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the French television show T\u00e9l\u00e9foot on Sunday, Deschamps reminded those criticising Mbapp\u00e9 of what he has already achieved in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you think he has already made enough history, with what he has done so far?\u201d the coach said. \u201cHe wants to make even more history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did everything we could with him, with the medical staff, to get him to be here. During the preparation, he had a little back problem, too, but Kylian is here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps also responded to suggestions that if he is not entirely fit, Mbapp\u00e9 could be benched in order to try to kick-start the team\u2019s spluttering attack.<\/p>\n<p>The forward has been forced to play most of the tournament while wearing a mask, having broken his nose in a collision with Kevin Danso in his team\u2019s opening group game against Austria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if he\u2019s not 100%, I know very well that for the opponent, knowing he\u2019s playing makes them think and forces them to adapt,\u201d Deschamps said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbappe \u00a0 France manager, Didier Deschamps, has come to the defence of his captain and star player Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 amid criticism of the striker\u2019s Euro 2024 performances. Mbapp\u00e9, 25, has scored just once in the tournament \u2014 a penalty in the final group game against Poland \u2014 with France reaching the semifinals despite not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>France Boss Defends Mbapp\u00e9 Amid Criticism - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/france-boss-defends-mbappe-amid-criticism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France Boss Defends Mbapp\u00e9 Amid Criticism - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kylian Mbappe \u00a0 France manager, Didier Deschamps, has come to the defence of his captain and star player Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 amid criticism of the striker\u2019s Euro 2024 performances. 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