{"id":540644,"date":"2026-07-14T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/540644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T08:37:10","slug":"is-kylian-mbappe-carrying-an-injury-didier-deschamps-delivers-update-on-france-captain-ahead-of-world-cup-semi-final-tie-vs-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/540644\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Kylian Mbappe carrying an injury? Didier Deschamps delivers update on France captain ahead of World Cup semi-final tie vs Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/kylian-mbappe-perfect-opportunity-silence-spanish-critics-france-world-cup-semi-final-la-roja\/blt23f407c7d44814ee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">Mbappe heads into the semi-final<\/a> with eight goals in the tournament and leads the Golden Boot race ahead of Argentina&#8217;s Lionel Messi on the assists tie-breaker. His availability is a major boost as France prepare to face Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Tchouameni&#8217;s return would also strengthen France in midfield after his recent absence, giving Deschamps another option against a Spain side that has impressed with its possession-based approach throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Tchouameni&#8217;s recovery, Deschamps said: &#8220;Even though he was on the bench for the last game, the risk was still high. He&#8217;s better today. I&#8217;m not going to say he has been 100 per cent cured. He&#8217;s now available.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mbappe heads into the semi-final with eight goals in the tournament and leads the Golden Boot race ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[84275,2226,246234,85,46,84274,2727,105,6866],"class_list":["post-540644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-d-deschamps","tag-france","tag-france-vs-spain","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-k-mbappe","tag-spain","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}