This Sunday, December 18, the France team will challenge Argentina for the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. A major event attended by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, who has also decided to make the trip with several personalities.
D-1 before the grand finale! This Sunday, December 18, millions of French people will be in front of their television to watch the final of theFootball World Cup in Qatar: France – Argentina. A match that promises a great show with a shower of stars and two of the best players on the planet football who will face each other: Kylian Mbappé vs Lionel Messi. And it is not only on the ground that there will be beautiful people. Indeed, many personalities are expected in the stands of the huge Lusail stadium, which can accommodate nearly 89,000 spectators.
Among them we will find Emanuel Macron. The President of the Republic was already present for the victory in the semi-final, which he celebrated with the players in the locker room. And for the final, the head of state will once again travel to Qatar to support the Blues. And he won’t be alone.
Brigitte Macron well present for the final
Indeed, as Le Parisien reports, Emmanuel Macron will already be accompanied by his wife, Brigitte Macron, absent in the semi-final. The Minister of Sports Amelie Oudea-Castera will also be present alongside them, but several other personalities will also be there to encourage Didier Deschamps’ men.
Thereby, Presnel Kimpembe, Paul Pogbaand N’Golo Kante will be present in the procession. World champions in 2018 in Russia, the three players had to forfeit this time before the start of the competition, affected by injuries. They are also accompanied by another Tricolore who had to leave the group a few days after arriving in Qatar: Christopher Nkunku. The RB Leipzig striker has indeed received permission from his club to travel to Doha from the presidential plane. On the other hand, Karim Benzema declined the invitation, as did the former French coach Laurent Blancand the former number 10 of the Blues, Michael Platini.
Former teammate of the latter in the France team, Alain Giresse, already present for the semi-final, again accepted Emmanuel Macron’s invitation for the final. Just like the old boxer Brahim Asloum. The judoka Teddy Rinerabsent last Wednesday, was also invited for this match.
Singer Farrah El Dibany appointed to sing the Marseillaise
Having become the first woman to officiate a match in the final phase of the World Cup during the competition, the referee Stephanie Frappart will also be present this Sunday. This is also the case of the Egyptian opera singer Farrah El Dibany, who in 2016 became the first singer from the Arab world to join the prestigious academy of the Opéra National de Paris. As indicated by our colleagues from Europe 1, she was also appointed to interpret La Marseillaise before the start of the France-Argentina match. An exercise that she already knows well because the artist is known to have sung the national anthem during the re-election of Emmanuel Macron on April 24 at the Champ de Mars.
Alongside the President of the Republic in the stands of the stadium, we will also find the former players Laure Boulleau and Bruno Cheyrouthe deputy Renaissance Karl Olivethe special forces soldier with both legs amputated, Thibaut Forayas well as two teenagers from child welfare accompanied by their director of the home.
Finally, more unusual, a connected robot will also be on the trip. As RMC Sports notes, this is a robot made in France, who will capture the match in image and broadcast it live to an Argentine child, sick and hospitalized, who will be able to follow the match from his hospital bed.