Three missed shots on goal and a fall. Traveling to Avranches (Manche) on Tuesday April 19, the Minister of Education fell in front of the cameras while trying to convert a penalty against a youngster from the local club.
In the middle of the electoral campaign for Emmanuel Macron for the second round of the presidential election this Sunday, April 24, Jean-Michel Blanquer was on the ground both literally and figuratively.
The Minister of Education @jmblanquer tries the shot on goal in Avranches with a youngster from US Avranches. pic.twitter.com/M4d8qiw4Om
— Channel Gazette (@Gazette50) April 19, 2022
On the lawn of Avranches, he missed three shots on goal against a young goalkeeper from the local football club, before falling on his back during the last attempt, as evidenced by images from the Twitter account of the Gazette de la Sleeve.
After this unfortunate episode, the former rector of the academy of Guyana, then that of Créteil, went to Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches for a public meeting in support of the LREM candidate.
The Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports had already been the target of mockery on social networks in February 2021 after seeming uncomfortable during a sports lesson in a Parisian primary school.