France-Uruguay: beer, pizzas and handover of jersey… Macron played the 3rd half in the Uruguayan locker room

2023-09-15 10:36:08

It becomes a ritual when he attends a rugby match. The President of the Republic had already downed a bottle of beer dry down in the locker room of the Stade Toulouse after the title of French champion of the Haut-Garonnais club last June then did it again in the tricolor locker room last Friday after the success of the Blues at the expense of New Zealand in the opening match of the World Cup. Again, Thursday evening, Emmanuel Macron went for a beer just after France’s second victory at the World Cup against Uruguay (27-12).

But this time, he did not go to taste it in the locker room of Antoine Dupont’s teammates but in that of the South American players who put in a courageous and generous match.

The President of the French Republic stood alongside his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou during his speech to the players before receiving a Teros jersey from him. Lacalle Pou even allowed himself a little joke in his direction by feeling his right bicep, as if to highlight the difference in build with the players.

“I don’t know how it’s going to suit him, how to put it on, it’s the pillar’s,” said the President of the Uruguayan Republic, provoking laughter from the locker room. In addition to the jersey, Macron received a tie presented by the president of the Uruguayan Federation, Marcelo Calanbra. After posing with several players and sharing a few slices of pizza, the Head of State drank his second beer of the evening after the one in the stands during the meeting.