The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, took part in a football meeting on Wednesday with the Variétés Club de France. His partners and opponents judged his level.
For the second time in his career as President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron played a football match with the Variétés Club de France. On Wednesday, the Head of State went to Plaisir for a meeting organized as part of the operation Yellow pieces. After playing in October 2021 with the same Variétés, the leader is now known to his teammates. Several of them judged his footballing talents, but also his weaknesses.
In comments relayed by RMCLaure Boulleau had expressed her impression of the player Emmanuel Macron in 2021. “ He doesn’t have the same techniques as all the former professional players. But I thought he did pretty well. He felt roughly where the ball should be put. » And the consultant of Canal+ to add a little friendly criticism, in the form of a verdict on the level of the presidential player: “ Sometimes technique doesn’t follow, but intelligence is a huge basis for being a good player. »
A teammate like any other
On Wednesday, there were still some very good people in the teams led by the journalist Jacques Vendroux and the former Arsenal coach who now works at Fifa, Arsène Wenger. Many former members of the France 98 team, such as Didier Deschamps, Laurent Blanc, Marce Desailly, Robert Pirès and Christian Karembeu. Former OM players too, with Didier Drogba, Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang. Another legend of French football in the person of Alain Giresse, but also stars of world football like Samuel Eto’o.
A great football fan and supporter of Olympique de Marseille, Emmanuel Macron will certainly have appreciated this moment with personalities like Jean-Michel Larqué who for example declared in 2021 that the President of France had whom he had played was “ a teammate like any other », as soon as he was on a football field.
