Jamil Chad Lula, Macron and Fernandez texting about World Cup final 12/15/2022 08:49

Diplomatic, elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wished the presidents of Argentina and France good luck in the World Cup final between the two teams to be played in Qatar on Sunday.

“Good luck on Sunday, friends Alberto Fernandez and Emmanuel Macron,” Lula wrote again on his social networks Wednesday night.

The French responded in Portuguese this morning on his Twitter account.

“Thanks, my friend Lula. Dear Alberto Fernandez, one of us will be luckier. We’ll see which of us on Sunday. With all our friendship… in front of Lei Bleus,” Macron said. leaders will accept Lula even when the elected president is only a candidate.

The exchange of messages between the three makes it clear that there is a new level of dialogue between the two main economies in South America and one of the power poles in Europe.

According to veteran diplomats, football is used as a shortcut to a privileged or more trusting relationship between leaders.

But while the exchange of messages between leaders has this diplomatic function, current President Jair Bolsonaro has even caught the attention of his fans in recent weeks, with his absence from the World Cup and showing no sign of support for the Brazilian players.

If Bolsonaro abused his appearances in stadiums in Brazil during the four years of his government, his defeat in the presidential election stripped the president of his supposed enthusiasm for football.

Bolsonaro even caused unease among health professionals when he agreed to hold the Copa America in Brazil in 2021 and in the midst of a pandemic. At that moment Argentina won the tournament in the middle of Maracanã.

Months later, in November 2021, Fernandez joked with Bolsonaro when the two met at the G20 summit in Rome. “You still haven’t congratulated me on the title,” the Argentine snarled, to the nervous laughter of the Brazilian president.