NARRATIVE – Between doping control, fiesta and media obligations, the night was short for the blues.
Special Envoy to Doha
Wednesday evening, in the spans of the al-Bayt stadium, located in the Qatari desert, more than 50 kilometers from Doha, Emmanuel Macron is a child who is living a dream. Present in the French locker room after qualifying for the World Cup final at the expense of Morocco (2-0), the President of the Republic savors, in a delicate general context, this suspended moment of a France which wins, which brings together tens of millions of people in front of the television, while a boycott was whispered, and which unites the French citizens in the streets.
The stadium clock already shows 0:15 (local time), the moment chosen by the first supporter of the Blues to congratulate the troops. Placed in the center of the locker room, with Olivier Giroud shirtless, Kylian Mbappé not far away and the whole of the particularly agitated France group, the Head of State wants to be brief, hard-hitting and ambitious.
An open locker room
“You were amazing, you all made me super proud, he shouts with a hint of emotion in his voice
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