An imposing spectator of the World Cup final between France and Argentina, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron responded to his detractors after this episode.
The images went around the world. Emmanuel Macron descending on the lawn of Lusail after the fateful penalty shootout and the coronation of Argentina at the expense of the Blues, consoling willy-nilly a stunned Kylian Mbappé, overwhelmed by the unfortunate outcome of a Cup final. exceptional world.
For some observers and spectators, the head of state then did too much, interfering more than reason in the life of the tricolor selection. Even if it means stealing precious moments from the players, moments that belong to them, in victory as in defeat, since the President of the Republic had already invited himself into Didier Deschamps’ men’s locker room after the triumphant half against Morocco.
“I don’t care! »
Faced with the criticism of his attitude during the World Cup final, Emmanuel Macron, in private, could not have been more clear, in remarks reported by Le Canard Enchaîné. ” I have always vibrated for sport and supported athletes. The critics ? I don’t care! I know that some found me too present. But I only did my job. It was my job to be there, to console the players and the coach. All the French wanted to do the same thing as me, to comfort the losers, who had not been unworthy. »
