The president, who had already participated in training for Olympique de Marseille at the start of his mandate in 2017, put on his crampons on Thursday, October 14 in Poissy (Yvelines).
He played with the Variétés Club de France (including former footballers Alain Giresse, Robert Pires, Christian Karembeu).
In front of them, the team of caregivers of the intercommunal hospital center of Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
It is the first time that a President of the Fifth Republic has played a football match.
The proceeds for the match were donated to the Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris-Hôpitaux de France, chaired by Brigitte Macron.
In a sequence broadcast live, Emmanuel Macron even scored a goal, a penalty, shot full center.
Some, such as the first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, denounced a communication operation reminiscent of that of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in 1973. The Minister of Finance was then campaigning for the presidential elections of 1974 where he lost to François Mitterrand.
Earlier today, the Head of State issued a few announcements: an amount of 200 million euros will be released, including 100 million in 2022. This money will be used to deploy 5,000 new sports infrastructures by 2024. Emmanuel Macron, who has still not declared himself a candidate for the presidential elections of 2022, has increased investment announcements in recent weeks.