Paul Pogba is in the middle of the long and painful process of clearing his name from the doping allegations, and the end of that battle is not certain at all. Still, the former Manchester United midfielder is keen to go the very limit as he still claims he made an unknowing mistake in accepting a course of pill that resulted in his positive test for DHEA. At the age of 31, he still wants to continue his career (if possible), so he pleeded with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a four-year suspension he was given back in February. And while he waits for his case to be resolved, he has plenty of free time. After he accepted a small acting role in the upcoming movie, he also got invited to the EURO 2024 and he accepted it.‘Who will kick Mbappe on the shin? Onana, Onana‘All France supporters who are in Dusseldorf ahead of the Belgium game today and who happen to find themselves in the official fan zone will even have a chance to meet Pogba. The World Cup 2018 winner with France accepted an invitation to be part of the official contingent of dignitaries to attend the clash in Dusseldorf. For obvious reasons, Pogba kept a low profile since the first doping allegiations were published in September 2023, but will come to the game today after all. The former Juventus midfielder was a regular member of France national team and also won the Nations League trophy and was a runner-up at EURO 2016. He has a strong bond with current coach Didier Deschamps who he views as a father figure and will also meet his old teammates, many of whom are still playing for France.Pogba turns to acting while waiting for his doping ban pleaEven thou he rarely posted something on his social media accounts, Pogba was forced to do so recently, afer an old interview caused a stir among his supporters. A while back, the footage from an interview with Al Jazeera in 2023 (before the doping scandal) was released in which the Frenchman (among other things) says:“Look at people like Cristiano Ronaldo or Leo Messi. They always have to prove again that they are Cristiano and Messi, after everything that they’ve done. Football is very beautiful but it is cruel. People can forget you the next day. You can do something great then the next day you are nobody. People are waiting for you, to say “he’s done, his career is finished”, so many things, like I’m over, I’m dead, Paul Pogba doesn’t exist anymore“. But somebody just took the last nine words of that quote and shared them on social media. Needles to say, it caused a problem among the fans, who thought that it was a recent interview and that he is in deep depression over doping allegations. Some even though he died, even thou he as phiscialy present on the interview. So, Pogba needed to explain everything on his Instagram account.“Old sarcastic comments deceitfully portrayed as “genuine and recent” to generate clicks. I’m still alive guys don’t worry“ he wrote. And he will be at the stadium today.EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – 1/8 FINALSSundayEngland – Slovakia 2-1 (0-1) AET/Bellingham 90+5, Kane 91 – Schranz 25/Spain – Georgia 4-1 (1-1)/Rodri 39, Ruiz 51, Williams 75, Olmo 83 – Le Normand 18 og/Monday19.00: (1.95) France (3.40) Belgium (4.70)22.00: (1.43) Portugal (4.75) Slovenia (9.10)Tuesday19.00: (8.25) Romania (4.30) Netherlands (1.50)22.00: (1.95) Austria (3.50) Turkey (4.50)***odds are subject to change***
