A president who wants to be the best follower of the French team. Following France’s failure in the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday night, Emmanuel Macron has long returned to the Blues march in Qatar.
“I felt pride and then disappointment at the end,” the head of state said Monday night on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the microphone of France info.
“The Blues Should Stand Proud”
During a Christmas dinner with the soldiers who are currently on a mission between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, the forty-year-old wanted to send an approval to the selection. He had met this Monday night at the Concorde in front of thousands of French people.
“These Blues have made us proud and I think they should continue to be proud of this course, of this competition and of this final”, Emmanuel Macron Macron still judged with our colleagues.
“There is nothing more cruel than shots on goal, but that’s the sport,” continued the Elysée tenant who was mocked by the opposition and social networks for having staged his support for the players.
“I vibrated like the French and the French”
After addressing a few words to a visibly stunned Kylian Mbappé on the pitch, immediately after the defeat, he broke into a speech in the dressing room, under the defeated gaze of the team. Without responding directly to those who accused him of doing too much, from Sébastien Chenu to Sandrine Rousseau to Olivier Faure, the president defended himself.
“We were there. It was, I think, one of the most beautiful finals and I vibrated like the French men and women who were in front of their screen, in the stadium or behind the radio set”, justified the Élysée tenant. .
The president now wants to set sail for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France and then for the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, assuring that the executive is “working hard” there.
Source: BFM TV
