{"id":2117,"date":"2026-09-11T13:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T05:54:31","slug":"mbappe-opens-up-on-controversial-moments-there-was-a-message-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/mbappe-opens-up-on-controversial-moments-there-was-a-message-behind-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe opens up on controversial moments: &#8220;There was a message behind it&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-15-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a candid interview, the France international reveals his personal side, discussing criticism, managing frustration, and shouldering heavy responsibility at the elite level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in an interview with &#8216;L&#8217;\u00c9quipe Magazine&#8217;, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 addressed his dressing-room reputation: &#8220;Because of my background and journey, I shook up codes and hierarchies. I also made mistakes. It is impossible to do everything right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Even when I did things that seemed foolish, I don&#8217;t think I ever lost touch with reality. I knew full well that what I was doing was not right. Sometimes, I did it out of necessity. Sometimes, there was a message behind it. You cannot explain everything, which is why misunderstandings arise, but I never turned against the fans,&#8221; the France talisman reflected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked when he had last shed tears over football, the forward was unequivocal: &#8220;I only cry when I am injured. When it comes to defeats, I take the view that, one way or another, you deserved to lose. But an injury, nobody deserves that. The last time I cried was when we were knocked out with PSG against City in the Champions League (2021). I wasn&#8217;t on the pitch. I cried because you feel useless. Like the winner of a VIP contest. At that moment, what separates you from the millions of people watching on TV? Absolutely nothing,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number 9 also highlighted the relentless pressure placed upon him at the very top: &#8220;That is the reason people hold you in such high regard. Because you take all of this on, you are resilient, and you always want to win. I have never settled for failure and it does not bother me that people criticise me for that. I am demanding of myself, more so than most,&#8221; he concluded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a candid interview, the France international reveals his personal side, discussing criticism, managing frustration, and shouldering heavy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}