On CNews, presenter Pascal Praud highlighted the foreign origins of 4 of the 5 French Ballons d’Or, which instantly provoked the indignation of his speakers on the set…
A professional sports journalist (he worked for TF1’s sports department for 20 years before becoming a manager at FC Nantes in 2008), Pascal Praud, the star presenter of CNews, recalled that 4 of the 5 French players who won the Ballon d’Or in history were French people of foreign origin: Raymond Kopa (real name Kopaszewski) in 1958, Michel Platini in 1983, 1984 and 1985, ZinĂ©dine Zidane in 1998 and Karim Benzema in 2022.
Pascal Praud thus specified that these 4 legends of French football (the 5th Ballon d’Or being Jean-Pierre Papin) had ” the father or grandfather (who) was not born in France (only Platini’s father, Aldo, was born in France). However, this precision made by the TV presenter clearly disturbed the two speakers he had invited on the set, determined to scratch a certain Benzema.
“ They glorify this country except when they refuse to sing La Marseillaise”
” France needs… I mean, it’s also many arrivals from outside that glorify this country. I name these French people who have carried high the… “tried to proclaim Praud, cut several times by Charlotte d’Ornellas. ” There, it’s open bar to talk about immigration “, Launched this journalist” figure of the reactionary right (according to AFP), who then added: Benzema, it was not always obvious “. Skid alert.
It was Joseph MacĂ©-Scaron, also a journalist, who distinguished himself. “ They glorify this country except when they refuse to sing The Marseillaise among other things. Why not say things? Is it omerta? “, he launched. Pascal Praud did not appreciate it at all.
” This Marseillaise is a very special story and I don’t want to get into that debate. “explained the presenter, before ensuring:” He has an image that is sometimes mixed but he is a nice boy, Karim, who has not had a red card in his entire career, so there is no reason to sue him for his behavior “. Not to mention that Platini didn’t sing either The Marseillaise…
The only time Pascal Praud put his balls on the table while defending Benzema at Bolloré HQ pic.twitter.com/lZH1dJPIzp
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