{"id":25158,"date":"2025-10-11T22:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/10\/11\/mbappe-scores-but-limps-off-late-as-france-beats-azerbaijan-in-world-cup-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T22:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:31:04","slug":"mbappe-scores-but-limps-off-late-as-france-beats-azerbaijan-in-world-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/10\/11\/mbappe-scores-but-limps-off-late-as-france-beats-azerbaijan-in-world-cup-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbapp\u00e9 scores but limps off late as France beats Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>France Moves Closer to World Cup Qualification<\/h1>\n<h2>Comfortable Win Over Azerbaijan<\/h2>\n<p>France took a significant step towards qualifying for next year&#8217;s World Cup with a 3-0 win over Azerbaijan in Group D. The match, played at the Parc des Princes in Paris, saw France dominate from start to finish.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Players Shine<\/h3>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Adrien Rabiot, and Florian Thauvin were among the key players who helped France secure the comfortable victory. Their performances were instrumental in France moving three points closer to World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n<h4>Injury Concern for Mbapp\u00e9<\/h4>\n<p>However, the win came at a cost, as Mbapp\u00e9 suffered a knock to his ankle during the match. He is expected to miss the next qualifying match against Iceland on Monday, which could be a significant blow to France&#8217;s chances.<\/p>\n<h5>Next Match Against Iceland<\/h5>\n<p>France will face Iceland on Monday, and while the absence of Mbapp\u00e9 will be felt, the team will be looking to build on their momentum from the win over Azerbaijan. A win against Iceland would bring France even closer to securing their spot in next year&#8217;s World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France Moves Closer to World Cup Qualification Comfortable Win Over Azerbaijan France took a significant step towards qualifying for next year&#8217;s World Cup with a 3-0 win over Azerbaijan in Group D. The match, played at the Parc des Princes in Paris, saw France dominate from start to finish. Key Players Shine Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Adrien<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[14348,2065,8173,14243,240,14350,1352,2343,2604,6143,14349,1272],"class_list":{"0":"post-25158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-2010-fifa-world-cup-qualification","9":"tag-adrien-rabiot","10":"tag-azerbaijan","11":"tag-azerbaijan-national-football-team","12":"tag-fifa-world-cup","13":"tag-florian-thauvin","14":"tag-france","15":"tag-france-national-football-team","16":"tag-iceland","17":"tag-kylian-mbappe","18":"tag-parc-des-princes","19":"tag-paris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25160,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25158\/revisions\/25160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}