When politics mixes with football: Le Penn, Mbappé, Sánchez, Rocha… the other semi-final at stake

Sf there are two teams that have been known for having political debates during the Euro Cup, those They have been France and Spain. On Tuesday they face each other in Munich for a place in the final and any political presence in the Allianz box, It will be looked at with a magnifying glass.

Politics is precisely not something that UEFA handles very well. All you have to do is see the different standards with which they have been measured. the gestures of Demiral and Bellingham. The Turk, two matches of sanction for a gesture with political connotations, while that of English has remained at a deferred sanction. If you don’t repeat, there will be no punishment. As you can see, we don’t like mixing politics and sports.

Clear and emphatic positioning

Deschamps’ players have clearly positioned themselves against the coming to power of the French right led by Marine Le Penn. The second electoral round on Sunday, July 7, will decide. In case of winning, His presence in Munich would not be well received.

The French national team, a symbol of unity and national pride, owes much of its success to the ethnic and cultural diversity of its players, something that certain politicians do not understand. Several players have asked for a vote against the right, something that has attracted attention due to its political positioning, something that is not common.

Attack on millionaires

Marine Le Pen responded to Mbappé’s statements; saying that “The French are tired of receiving moral lessons and voting instructions. Millionaires and even billionaires who have been lucky enough to live very comfortably, and who are protected from insecurity, poverty and unemployment, and everything else.” It doesn’t seem like Laugh Penn will appear in the German city.

As for the Spanish conflict, it is something at an institutional level. Direct confrontation between the government and the Federation. In Stuttgart, Pedro Sánchez did everything possible to avoid the photo with Rocha, which the Sports Administrative Court could disqualify hours after the semifinal against France. Something complicated to understand, but it can happen.

Each match has become a chess game in the honor box. Rocha has counted on endorsement by Aleksander Ceferin, who has considered the Extremaduran for what he is, president of the Federation, which is why he has presided over the five games played so far, to the distress of the Higher Sports Council.

On Tuesday, new movements outside of sports will be seen in the noble zone, which will have a lot of personal issues and pride and little about sports. The one who promised to return If there was an end it was Felipe VIwho was in the match against Italy and who could return in Berlin if they reach the final. He went down to the locker room after victory, something that Pedro Sánchez did not do in Stuttgart after the victory against the host.