the Argentinian president “wishes the best” to Macron … “except Sunday”

Argentinian and French Presidents Emmanuel Macron exchanged friendly tweets on Thursday, three days before the World Cup final, the South American leader admitting to wishing his French counterpart the best.Except Sunday».

«Dear friend @EmmanuelMacron I have a lot of affection for you and I wish you the best for the future. Except Sunday“wrote the Argentine head of state. “Argentina is my wonderful country, and it’s Latin America! Go sky and white!»

A good-natured exchange

Alberto Fernandez was responding to a tweet from the French president, who had himself responded to the wishes of the elected president of Brazil, Lula, who had launched this phase of the three-way game by tweeting “good luck sunday my friends“, without distinction or preference displayed for France or Argentina – although Brazil is historically the great rival of Argentina.

«Thank you, my friend @LulaOficial“, replied Emmanuel Macron. And in the same message to the Argentine President: “Dear @alferdez, one of us will have better luck… We’ll see which one on Sunday. In all friendship… Go Blues!»

While the French head of state was in Qatar for the France-Morocco semi-final, the Argentine presidency indicated on Thursday that there was still “no decision made» when to a possible trip of Alberto Fernandez for the final.

«Football and politics do not mix. We don’t want to mix it up, it’s up to the citizens to benefit. The president has a good relationship with Macron and they exchanged chats, but no decision has been made“, declared in a press briefing the spokesperson for the presidency Gabriela Cerruti.

The predecessor of the Peronist (center-left) Alberto Fernandez, the liberal Mauricio Macri, president from 2015 to 2019, is for his part in Qatar, in particular as the executive president of the FIFA Foundation. He attended several matches, including Argentina’s shock loss to Saudi Arabia (1-2) in the first round, which earned him some taunts from “jack(jinx) in the press in Argentina, where superstition is not a joke at football matches.

Suspicion seems unfounded, since the Albiceleste has not stopped winning thereafter.