According to information from Europe 1, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron is expected to play a football match this Wednesday in Plaisir (78) at the Stade Bernard Giroux with the Variétés Club de France. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. The match will benefit Brigitte Macron’s Yellow Pieces. This will be the 2,486th match in the history of the VCF, created in 1971.
According to information from Europe 1, here is the VCF starting team: at the goalkeeper position, Jens Lehmann, the legendary Arsenal goalkeeper. In defense, Christian Karembeu, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly and Laure Boulleau. Defensive midfielders: Didier Deschamps, Emmanuel Macron.
Attacking midfielders: Eden Hazard, Robert Pirès, Johann Neeskens, for whom this will be his last match. The VCF had already organized Jean-Michel Larqué’s last match in Poissy, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron on October 14, 2021… And at the forefront of the attack, the Ivorian legend Didier Drogba will put on the crampons again… Let’s also play with the VCF in the second half, the Italian Fabrizio Ravenelli, Mamadou Niang, Taye Taiwo and Rudy Garcia.
Opposite, a selection of civil society
This “all star” team will be opposed to a selection from civil society, reinforced by Karl Olive (captain), Arsène Wenger, Daniel Van Buyten, Sony Anderson, Samuel Eto’o, Emmanuel Adebayor, El-Hadji Diouf, Alain Giresse, Frédéric Piquionne, Souleymane Diawara, Wilfrid Mbappé, Cyril Gane, Pascal Feindouno and Bruno Cheyrou.
The President of the Republic will play with number 3. The referee of the match will be Stéphanie Frappart, assisted by Patrick Lhermitte, Sarah Degage and Cécile Bessiere, from the Yvelines district.