What will be known in future as the World Cup final rain storm gave us presidential behaviour at its finest
The 2018 FIFA World Cup has been spectacular and, in truth, one of the very best World Cups in memory.
We’ve had incredible games, stupidly funny moments and some of the best punditry and commentary in years. This tournament has lived up to expectation at literally every step of the journey, and it didn’t disappoint today either.
The main course today was of course the actual World Cup final. Usually these games are rather boring, with neither side willing to take a risk and actually go for it.
Not today though, and after 90 minutes and six goals France were crowned world champions, defeating Croatia by four goals to two.
At this point you’d have been forgiven for assuming that the comedy had run dry in this tournament. It’s the medal and trophy ceremony, what could possibly happen?
Well, it decided to rain. There had been a storm brewing all day in Moscow, with rain the only thing missing for hours, right up until the closing ceremony.
As the players lined up to collect their gold and silver medals, Vladimir Putin stood alongside French president Emmanuel Macron and Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who were greeting their own players.
It was then that the rain started, and people began to notice that for some reason just one person had an umbrella…
A bit of a shame that Putin was given an umbrella yet the ladies in red at the back were left to stand there and get soaked in the rain. #WorldCup #WorldCupFinal #FRACRO #putin #Macron
— Najeeb Shah (@jibz_shah) July 15, 2018
Putin under the umbrella and Emmanuel&Kolinda standing under the rain is a general state of affairs nowadays #WorldCupFinal
— spičbič (@spicbic) July 15, 2018
Funny that as the rain poured only Putin got an umbrella while the Prime Minister of Croatia, a woman, and the French President were left to drench in the rain. #WorldCup #WorldCupFinal #WorldCupFinal #FRACRO
— Andrew Collins (@Bandinellosaul) July 15, 2018
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