{"id":2454,"date":"2026-06-10T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:13:38","slug":"arsene-wenger-claims-kylian-mbappe-has-been-unfairly-made-a-scapegoat-at-real-madrid-backs-exceptional-france-star-to-lead-his-country-to-third-world-cup-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=2454","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger claims Kylian Mbappe has been unfairly made a &#8216;scapegoat&#8217; at Real Madrid &#038; backs &#8216;exceptional&#8217; France star to lead his country to third World Cup crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span>Wenger is convinced that Didier Deschamps&#8217; side are the team to beat as they head to the United States. With a squad depth that remains the envy of world football, the former Gunners boss believes France possess a level of &#8220;power&#8221; that other nations simply cannot match over 90 minutes, especially with the tactical experience of their long-serving head coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><span>\u201cI put them above the others. France have so much talent and Deschamps has experience,\u201d Wenger noted. \u201cWe have so many attacking players that the danger is being a little unbalanced offensively. But today, the modern player, even an attacking one, knows how to do his share of the defensive work. When you\u2019re 0-0 against France with 20 minutes to go, you lose the match. Power makes the difference.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wenger is convinced that Didier Deschamps&#8217; side are the team to beat as they head to the United States. With&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454","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\/2454","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=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}