Australian PM Anthony Albanese has laid down a problem to his French counterpart because the nations put together to face off within the Women’s World Cup.
The Matildas will play Les Bleues at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane tonight from 5pm native time within the quarterfinals of the match.
Les Bleues are the heavy favourites, with the bookies having the Aussie staff outsiders at $3.60 and paying $2.15 for France.
Despite that, Albo has challenged French President Emmanuel Macron to a pleasant wager of kinds.
“How about a bet [Emmanuel Macron]?” he wrote on Twitter.
“If [the Matildas] win tonight, you’ll support Australia in the semi-finals. If [France] win, I’ll support France. Deal? #GoMatildas.”
The problem was basic Albo — half cringe and half boomer.
“Why do politicians in Australia choose to support sport with lame bets, political grandstanding & photo opps – but never the actual funding supporters of codes like football have wanted for years?” journo Luke Cooper famous.
“Is this why PMs have been booed at sporting events since forever?”
Others remembered how Australia left France apoplectic when the deal for French submarines was ditched in favour of America’s nuclear-powered killing machines.
“Australia making a deal with France? I think we all know what happened last time,” one punter wrote.
“Winner gets a submarine,” ABC producer Isaac Nowroozi quipped.
Hopefully Albo’s punt goes a bit higher than the subs fiasco, which ended up costing Australia $830 million for breaking the contract.
If the Matildas do progress to the semi finals, the problem doesn’t get any simpler as they are going to face both England or Colombia.
Originally printed as Anthony Albanese challenges French PM to Matildas guess
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
