French President Macron scores a penalty as he joins celebrities for charity football match
Mac of the net! French President Macron finds more success keeping to the centre ground as his opponent dives to the right – slotting home a penalty in celebrity football match
French President Emmanuel Macron scored a penalty in a charity football matchHe was playing midfield as part of a team of celebrities including Arsene WengerThe game was held to raise money for the Paris and France Hospitals Foundation
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French President Emmanuel Macron scored a penalty goal when he turned out for a team of celebrities in a charity match on Thursday.
Macron, playing in midfield and wearing the number 3 on his back, was handed the ball and invited to take the spot kick after an opposing player brought down one of Macron’s team-mates in the penalty box.
Macron, who is 43, fired his shot low and into the centre of the goal, wrong-footing the goalkeeper who had already started diving to his right.
The goal-keeper managed to get a leg to the ball, but could not keep it out of the net.
French President Emmanuel Macron scored a penalty goal when he turned out for a team of celebrities in a charity match on Thursday
President Macron played in midfield and wore the number 3 on his back during a charity football match marking the Varietes Club’s 50th anniversary on Thursday
President Macron warms up ahead of a charity football match in Poissy, outside Paris, on Thursday
Macron was up against a team made up of staff from the Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye hospital
French president Emmanuel Macron (centre left) poses for team picture as he participates in the Varietes Club gala charity football match marking the club’s 50th anniversary on Thursday
Macron was handed the ball and invited to take the spot kick after an opposing player brought down one of the President’s team-mates in the penalty box during the game
Macron greets other players as he arrives on the pitch in Poissy ahead of a charity football match on Thursday
Macron’s goal, which came after around 10 minutes of play in the first half, brought the scores level at 1-1.
Macron’s team-mates included Arsene Wenger, former manager of English side Arsenal, and French former professional players Marcel Desailly and Christian Karembeu.
The game, in the town of Poissy, near Paris, is to raise money for the Paris and France Hospitals Foundation.
Macron was up against a team made up of staff from the Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye hospital.
Macron passes the ball while taking part in a charity football match as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Varietes club de France’, at the Leo Lagrange stadium in Poissy
Macron played alongside former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (left, pictured together in the locker room before the game)
French President Emmanuel Macron runs with the ball during a charity football match on Thursday
The game, in the town of Poissy, near Paris, is to raise money for the Paris and France Hospitals Foundation
French President Macron runs on to the ball during a charity football match on the outskirts of Paris on Thursday
Macron runs with the ball during a football match in which he put a spot kick in the back of the net, bringing the scores level at 1-1
French President Emmanuel Macron lined up alongside Poissy’s Mayor Karl Olive (right) and former football players Laure Boulleau (third left) and Marcel Desailly (second left) for the charity match on Thursday
Macron seen warming up ahead of a charity football match in Poissy, outside Paris, on Thursday
Macron was up against a team made up of staff from the Poissy/Saint-Germain-en-Laye hospital
French President Emmanuel Macron plays with the Varietes Club de France soccer team during a charity soccer match on Thursday
French President Emmanuel Macron in the locker room before a charity football match at the Leo-Lagrange stadium in Poissy, France
French President Emmanuel Macron plays the ball during a charity football match to raise money for the Paris and France Hospitals Foundation
Macron pushes the ball past his opponent during a charity football match in Poissy, outside Paris, on Thursday
Macron’s wife Brigitte Macron (centre left) poses with a banking cheque for the foundation for Hospitals after French President Emmanuel Macron played with the Varietes Club
