{"id":197754,"date":"2024-07-08T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/didier-deschamps-defends-france-star-kylian-mbappe-after-euro-criticism\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:03:43","slug":"didier-deschamps-defends-france-star-kylian-mbappe-after-euro-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/didier-deschamps-defends-france-star-kylian-mbappe-after-euro-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Didier Deschamps defends France star Kylian Mbappe after Euro criticism \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Didier Deschamps has defended Kylian Mbappe after the France forward received criticism for his recent performances at Euro 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-707-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-889235\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p>Real Madrid\u2019s newest signing has found the back of the net just once during France\u2019s European charge, with a penalty against Poland symbolising his only goal of the tournament so far. Mbappe\u00a0sustained a broken nose\u00a0during his side\u2019s 1-0 win over Austria and has been forced to play with a protective mask ever since.<\/p>\n<p>His prompt return to the field has seen the striker receive heaps of criticism for his lack of success in front of the net, although\u00a0Mbappe\u00a0remains the only Frenchman to have scored in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Jumping to his defence, France boss Deschamps has silenced Mbappe\u2019s doubters. \u201cDon\u2019t you think he has already made enough history with what he has done so far?,\u201d he said during French television show\u00a0<em>Telefoot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j271pqxapbavbxzc2q.jpg\" alt=\"Kylian Mbappe\" title=\"Kylian Mbappe\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Mbappe has been forced to play in a protective mask \/ Lars Baron\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to make even more history. We 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.<\/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<\/p>\n<p>Les Blues have scored just three times in total so far in Germany \u2013 with two coming from own goals and one from Mbappe\u2019s penalty. They become the first team in Euro history to reach the final four without scoring a single goal in open play, advancing to the semi-finals to face Spain on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Their qualification came after defeating Portugal 5-3 on penalties, knocking the likes of\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0out of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didier Deschamps has defended Kylian Mbappe after the France forward received criticism for his recent performances at Euro 2024. Real Madrid\u2019s newest signing has found the back of the net just once during France\u2019s European charge, with a penalty against Poland symbolising his only goal of the tournament so far. Mbappe\u00a0sustained a broken nose\u00a0during his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197754","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>Didier Deschamps defends France star Kylian Mbappe after Euro criticism \u2013 - 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\/didier-deschamps-defends-france-star-kylian-mbappe-after-euro-criticism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Didier Deschamps defends France star Kylian Mbappe after Euro criticism \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Didier Deschamps has defended Kylian Mbappe after the France forward received criticism for his recent performances at Euro 2024. 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