G8 Leaders Watch Soccer Game At Camp David (PHOTO)

World leaders: they're just like us.

After this year's G8 summit concluded in Camp David, President Obama joined Angela Merkel and David Cameron to watch the end of the Champions League final.

David Cameron cheered on underdog Chelsea as they scored a dramatic win over Germany's Bayern Munich. Merkel looked less than pleased.

The victory was a first for the UK team, who won in overtime.

Check out photos of Obama, Merkel, Cameron, Francois Hollande and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso watching the game below. Images are courtesy of the White House's Flickr account.

Comments

[surfxsmith]

02:51 PM on 05/21/2012

They're watching soccer while the world goes to hell.

[French Toast]

02:43 PM on 05/21/2012

The difference in reaction between Merkel and Cameron is just priceless.

[holyghostie]

01:08 PM on 05/21/2012

Robben had many chances....great game Chelsea.

[MNJim]

11:53 AM on 05/21/2012

I wonder if the leaders tore down the paneling on the walls and destroyed that room after the game.

[holyghostie]

01:09 PM on 05/21/2012

None of the leaders were from Detroit or Philly.

[MNJim]

04:33 PM on 05/21/2012

But they are soccer fans, after all.

[bekakiraly]

11:32 AM on 05/21/2012

Once again, obama just doesn't fit in with the real politicians. And they want nothing to do with him.

[odrianry]

12:02 PM on 05/21/2012

It must be very dififcult going through life with all of your disabilities.

[Anne Mccormick]

12:07 PM on 05/21/2012

a hamster has more insight than you do.

[odrianry]

01:07 PM on 05/21/2012

See above. :)

[Ole Fart]

10:25 AM on 05/21/2012

Chelsea?? ya mean Germany lost to Chelsea Clinton?? No wonder Ms Merkle was unhappy.
Soccer??? isn't that a game of grown men in their underware kicking a ball back and forth for a couple hours, ending with a 1-0 score??

[Peter Leary]

10:19 AM on 05/21/2012

Like we needed another reason to hate Chelsea... :/

[mikejames697]

01:24 AM on 05/21/2012

Soccer sucks to watch.

[Ole Fart]

10:28 AM on 05/21/2012

Only girl's lacrosse is worse.

[khayes]

11:16 AM on 05/21/2012

Football (you know, with feet) is a bigger worldwide sport than the violence-punctuated-by-committee-meetings that Americans call football. It will be bigger here than soi-disant football in 20 years.

[No Unkindness to Bears]

11:15 PM on 05/20/2012

meanwhile, people are starving and losing their livelihood.

[Anne Mccormick]

02:50 AM on 05/21/2012

calm down here! it's a soccer game not the end of life as we know it.

[ceccm]

09:48 AM on 05/21/2012

he/she spends all his/her time being a saint apparently.

[No Unkindness to Bears]

06:40 PM on 05/21/2012

More like watching a soccer game before discussing how the destroy lives of little brown people. Hence, the starving people and whatnot. The fact that these dudes are lazy is sorta beside the point, wouldn't you think. Oh wait, you didn't (think) ;-)

[southrange]

10:25 AM on 05/21/2012

Your assertion that world leaders taking a break from their work to watch the end of a soccer game is some eleteist activity that should be criticized because you believe people are starving and losing their livlihood somewhere is not a valid argument.

[Gbourcier]

11:08 PM on 05/20/2012

Your tax dollar hard at work. So funny how Obama is pretending to care about soccer. lmfao

[Richard 1954]

10:12 PM on 05/20/2012

So our tax dollars are paying for them to watch soccer. ISN'T AMERICA A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT?

[oldgrendel]

10:40 PM on 05/20/2012

It is. I watched the match too. It was on TV you know? Cable ... heard of it?

[Gbourcier]

11:09 PM on 05/20/2012

I want my MTV!

[Richard 1954]

12:05 AM on 05/21/2012

Cable? Not available where I live. Tell me, whats it like to be rich?

[BehindtheGrassyKnoll]

11:34 PM on 05/20/2012

Seriously dude?

[Richard 1954]

12:05 AM on 05/21/2012

Yup.

[TheThirdRail]

10:09 PM on 05/20/2012

How long before this turns up in a republican commercial calling Obama a socialist for watching soccer?

[Gbourcier]

11:10 PM on 05/20/2012

About a day give or take.

[Wisdo]

08:13 AM on 05/21/2012

watching soccer is against the constitution! It says it right there on page 50.

[galactictravelerjavjav]

09:47 PM on 05/20/2012

Great photos. Angela never looked better in my eyes.

[oldgrendel]

10:41 PM on 05/20/2012

But her team lost.

[ceccm]

09:50 AM on 05/21/2012

Droooooooogba!

[hammerhead6154]

09:39 PM on 05/20/2012

How cool is that .. Obama knows exactly what he doing ...

OBAMA & BIDEN ..2012 ..

[mikejames697]

01:26 AM on 05/21/2012

"Obama knows exactly what he doing ..." Really???

[hammerhead6154]

01:57 AM on 05/21/2012

Exactly .. He a real leader ..

[Finn43]

09:31 AM on 05/21/2012

Yes, and that's the problem, spreading war like a contagion and turning the US into a police state.

Hoax and Chains 2012

[hagenjr]

09:16 PM on 05/20/2012

#11 The euro hit a 4 month low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday.

#12 It has been announced that the Spanish economy and the Italian economy are officially in recession.

#13 The Spanish government is becoming increasingly concerned about the bad loans that are mounting at major Spanish banks.

#14 Civil unrest is rising to dangerous levels in Italy. The Italian government has assigned bodyguards to 550 individuals and has increased security at about 14,000 locations in response to recent violence related to the economic crisis.

#15 Governments all over Europe are rapidly making preparations for a Greek exit from the euro.

#16 According to CNBC, the banking crisis in Europe is beginning to affect global trade….

#17 Moody’s downgraded the credit ratings of 26 Italian banks on Monday.

#18 Moody’s has announced that it is reviewing the credit ratings of 114 more European financial institutions.




America will be bailing out the euro by the 4th of July.

US bank exposure to bad european debt > $100 trillion.

[AgainstAnimalAbuse]

09:56 PM on 05/20/2012

#14 is incorrect; the additional security is due to the international anarchist group that shot the CEO because it sent a letter to 2 papers stating that they will strike in Italy 25 times which is the number of their members in prison of which only one is in an Italian prison. Threats have also included PM Monti in addition to other officials and politicians. Some very minor threats not by this group but by Italians fed up with the enormous taxes have been made against Equitalia which is the agency responsible for collecting unpaid taxes but the increased security is due to the threats by the anarchist group which is targeting individuals.

[Wisdo]

08:15 AM on 05/21/2012

Good thing the collapse of Lehmans et al had no effect at all on world finance.