{"id":5825,"date":"2026-06-30T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:05:10","slug":"is-kylian-mbappe-playing-today-france-stars-status-vs-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"Is Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Playing Today? France Star&#039;s Status vs. Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is playing in his third World Cup, having helped France reach two straight finals \u2013 including winning the 2018 title over Croatia but finishing runner-up in 2022 to Lionel Messi&#8217;s Argnetina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>At the this tournament, Mbapp\u00e9 and France will play in its first knockout stage match on Tuesday, but will Mbapp\u00e9 be available?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here&#8217;s everything to know about Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s status for France vs. Sweden in round of 32 action on Tuesday at New York New Jersey Stadium:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Mbapp\u00e9 has played in all three of France&#8217;s 2026 World Cup matches so far, and is set to play in its fourth in the round of 32 on Tuesday. France&#8217;s captain suffered a hamstring injury late in the La Liga season, and made just 16 appearances for Real Madrid, but has been healthy and active throughout the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Mbapp\u00e9 has scored four goals during the 2026 World Cup, putting him second behind Argentina&#8217;s Lionel Messi (six goals) among all players in the tournament. Mbapp\u00e9 also became France&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer in World Cup action, and not only second behind Messi in the 2026 World Cup, but second all-time in the tournament after Messi with 16 to his 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is playing in his third World Cup, having helped France reach two straight finals \u2013 including winning the 2018 title over Croatia but finishing runner-up in 2022 to Lionel Messi&#8217;s Argnetina. At the this tournament, Mbapp\u00e9 and France will play in its first knockout stage match on Tuesday, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}