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he was committed, Emmanuel Macron will visit Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Russia, to support the French team that will play the semifinal after beating Friday 2-0 Uruguay, confirmed the Elysee.
The president announced during a visit to St. Petersburg on May 25 that he would return to Russia if France qualified for the semi-finals and then for the final. It will be Tuesday a simple round-trip, without scheduled diplomatic meeting, according to the Elysee.
"But I do not want to bring them bad luck"
On June 20, Emmanuel Macron had then predicted in Brittany that the France team, which has "real potential", will win the World Cup. "But I do not want to bring them bad luck," he added. A keen football player, he watched the quarter-final on Friday among some 300 young people, including football clubs from the Ile-de-France, who were invited to the Elysée Park.
Thank you to all the young athletes who came to live this quarterfinal at @Elysee ! Congratulations to our Blues. See you on Tuesday! pic.twitter.com/p3L2IANgoH
– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 6, 2018
When deciding to visit Russia, the president does not follow the position of the British Prime Minister Theresa May, who announced in March that no minister or member of the British royal family would go to the World Cup. She reacted to the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, whom London accuses Moscow of. A charge that Russia vigorously defended.
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