{
  "id": 9916332,
  "title": "Kylian Mbappe injured as Zinedine Zidane wins on France debut, Italy lose on Roberto Mancini return",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/kylian-mbappe-injured-as-zinedine-zidane-wins-on-france-debut-italy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-26T05:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sport/soccer/2026-09-26-kylian-mbappe-injured-as-zinedine-zidane-wins-on-france-debut-italy-lose-on-roberto-mancini-return/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zinedine Zidane's debut as France coach ended in a 1-0 victory over Turkey in the UEFA Nations League. Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal of the game, but injured himself in the process, overextending his knee while shooting. According to Zidane, Mbappe will likely have to return home and miss France's remaining three Nations League matches.\n\nFrance held on for the win without their captain, with Turkey finishing the game with 10 men after goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir was sent off late on for handling the ball outside his box.\n\nRoberto Mancini's return to Italy as coach ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium, also in the UEFA Nations League.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Zidane feels immense emotion before first match in charge of France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/zidane-feels-immense-emotion-before-first-match-in-charge-of-france",
        "published": "2026-09-24T16:55:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Zidane says taking charge of his first France game feels ‘even more’ special than his playing debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/zidane-says-taking-charge-of-his-first-france-game-feels-even-more",
        "published": "2026-09-24T17:00:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Zidane admits emotion on eve of first game as France coach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/zidane-admits-emotion-on-eve-of-first-game-as-france-coach",
        "published": "2026-09-24T21:31:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Mbappe goal overshadowed by knee injury to mar Zidane debut France win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/mbappe-goal-overshadowed-by-knee-injury-to-mar-zidane-debut-france-win",
        "published": "2026-09-25T21:32:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Mbappé scores but suffers knee injury as Zidane gets debut France win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/mbappe-scores-but-suffers-knee-injury-as-zidane-gets-debut-france-win",
        "published": "2026-09-25T21:33:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}