‘Offside’? Macron stirs critics with World Cup final role

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PARIS, Dec 20 — From leaping from his seat in the VIP box to consoling crestfallen players on the pitch, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a wide-ranging performance...

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PARIS, Dec 20 — From leaping from his seat in the VIP box to consoling crestfallen players on the pitch, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a wide-ranging performance at the World Cup final that was not to everyone’s taste.

France were 2-0 behind until the 80th minute before a quickfire double by Kylian Mbappe levelled the game. “I told him that he was only 24 years old,” Macron told RMC radio afterwards, adding: “I was as sad as he was.” Mbappe turns 24 tomorrow. Macron had made the comment about the World Cup when asked about Qatar hosting the competition despite its human rights record.

“The president is not on the pitch,” read a commentary in the SoFoot.com website under the headline “Macron, miles offside”.

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