Despite the health crisis, Emmanuel Macron continues his visits. On Wednesday July 22, the latter attended the presentation of the "Summer Quarter 2020" operation by six associations at the Château de Chambord, in the Loir et Cher. It offers activities to several young people, exempt from vacation during the summer break, to brighten up their summer. The opportunity for this football fanatic President of the Republic to offer himself a small improvised sports session on the field.
Surrounded by young people, Brigitte Macron's husband has, for a few minutes, kicked in the round ball. "Who am I playing with? I'm not going to play both sides, it's opportunistic", he let go before starting the match, as reported RMC Sport. Emmanuel Macron did not have time to trade his city shoes for crampons. So it was in his "working clothes" that the head of state launched himself, mask on the nose.
Traveling to Chambord, Emmanuel Macron plays football with young people pic.twitter.com/8l5nHRRYwI
– BFMTV (@BFMTV) July 22, 2020
A football fan president
Since very young, Emmanuel Macron is passionate about football, big fan of family matches and swears by Olympique de Marseille. "Why do I support OM? Because they made me dream! They made me cry sometimes. They made me vibrate", he tweeted in April 2017 in the middle of the presidential campaign. It is also with great pride that he followed the course of the Blues during the 2018 World Cup. A photo of the president, overjoyed at the final, had also traveled the world.
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