FFF/elections: "Complaining is easy, but our mission is to restore happiness" (N. Le Graët)

"Complaining is easy. Providing solutions is much more complicated, but our mission is to restore happiness. In these difficult times, you have to be present, positive in front of people who criticize and do not want things to work," stated Noël Le Graët to the national assembly of the French Football Federation, just before being reelected as president of the FFF for the 2021-2024 period on Saturday 13/03/2021.

Le Graët's list obtained 73.02% of the votes in the first round, against 25.11% for Frédéric Thiriez's list, and 1.87% for that of Michel Moulin, during the elective national assembly organized by video-conference (except for the three candidate lists present at FFF headquarters in Paris) on 13/03/2021.

"There are so many people who don't want things to work. It feels like it's a smart thing to say that things are going badly. Coming to tell everyone that things are bad is not a positive thing. It is only football and the situation will recover. In the current context, leaders must bring if not a smile, some confidence," Le Graët said after the election, targeting the…