“I want to address everyone Frenchin particular to young: Let’s see what extremists are at the gates of power. We have the ability to change everything and we must identify with the values of toleranceof the respectfrom the diversity. Every vote counts“. These are the words of the French footballer Kylian Mbappewho openly spoke out against the National Rally Of Marine Le Penaccepting the appeal made last Saturday by his teammate and Inter player Marcus Thuram. But now it’s time to talk the symbolic man of the blue and he does it a few hours before France’s debut at Euro 2024, against Austria. “I share the same values as Marcus (Thuram). We are in a moment crucial of the country’s history and we must look at priority. We are first and foremost citizens, we must not be disconnected from the world. We find ourselves in an unprecedented situation.” And then the French star concluded: “I hope that on July 7th we will still be proud to wear this shirt.”
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But Mbappé and Thuram were not the first French footballers to take a stand on political issues in recent days. Last Friday also the Paris Saint-Germain footballer, Ousmane Dembelehad expressed his opinion on the incendiary situation that is going through France, where after the European elections the president Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called the early voting. “Extreme right? THE alarm bells they have already played. We must all go and vote,” Dembele said. A vote that is scheduled for June 30th (and 7 July) next, a day that falls between the last match of group D (France’s) against Poland – 25 June – and the possible round of 16 match on 2 July. For this reason the players have expressly asked to be able to vote by proxy since their retirement Paderbornin Germany.
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Groups, ranking and regulations: who advances to the round of 16
Group A – Germany that wants to become great again and Marco Rossi’s Hungary
Group B – Italy in the toughest group. The usual Spain, Croatia at the last chance
Group C – England “to take her home” and Denmark to find each other again
Group D – The France of phenomena and the Holland of the new generation
Group E – The Belgium of the transition and the Slovakia of Calzona
GROUP F – The eternal Ronaldo against the young stars of Türkiye and Georgia
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