{"id":1781,"date":"2026-06-06T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:11:25","slug":"might-awaken-demons-france-superstar-kylian-mbappe-reveals-world-cup-game-hell-never-watch-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1781","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Might awaken demons&#8217; &#8211; France superstar Kylian Mbappe reveals World Cup game he&#8217;ll NEVER watch again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Speaking in an emotional interview conducted just one week before the 2026 tournament, the prolific forward explained his reluctance to revisit the cinematic encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reflecting on the match, Mbappe revealed in an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sorare.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><i><em>Sister<\/em><\/i><\/a><span>: &#8220;The greatest final of all time? I think nothing matches it in terms of entertainment, the clash, the match scenario, with so many twists and turns. It ended with penalties, the most brutal way for anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It was either Lionel Messi\u2019s first World Cup win or a back-to-back for France, so it was historic no matter what. (&#8230;) Have I watched the match again since? Never! I think if I do, it might awaken some demons.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking in an emotional interview conducted just one week before the 2026 tournament, the prolific forward explained his reluctance to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}