Published on June 17, 2024 at 08:13. / Modified on June 17, 2024 at 09:28.
We wish Marcus Thuram courage on Monday evening against Austria. Firstly because the Inter Milan center forward is the sacrificed attacker who will have to make the defensive efforts in place of Kylian Mbappé. Then because the eldest son of the 1998 world champion Lilian Thuram (the younger brother, Khéphren, plays in Nice and should play in the Olympic tournament) is in the process of pushing the Blues’ top scorer, Olivier Giroud, into retirement. Finally, because this young man named Marcus in homage to the black activist Marcus Garvey did on Friday what his teammates did not dare to do, by taking a clear position in the French legislative election campaign.
The announcement, on Sunday June 9, by French President Emmanuel Macron of the dissolution of the National Assembly had the effect of postponing the broadcast on TF1 of the last friendly match of the Blues against Canada. We thought that this would be the only consequence, as the first players sent to face the media tried hard not to enter this minefield, encouraged by the communicators of the French federation (FFF). But the questions came back every day, each time more insistent, and Ousmane Dembélé was the first to invite his fellow citizens to vote on June 30 and July 7. In a country where the loser rarely recognizes his defeat and easily uses the low participation rate as an excuse to delegitimize the result, this was already a first step.
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