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Allez les bleus!
The atmosphere here is unbelievable! although france is not the host country, soccer is THE craze now. I went to the centre of the town last night to watch the match between brazil and france on a large screen, and WOW what an experience! The crowd went nuts when henry scored, and it was like a large scale disco at the end of the match. It was raining beer, and as i walked home, many cars took to the streets, honking like there's no tomorrow. People were playing ball on the streets, and flags were waved everywhere. youths were sitting on top of the cars whistling and shouting and congratulating each other. It was a miracle i got on the the bus, and that the bus managed to snake its way through the tangle of crazed french.
The french really love zidane... before the match, when he first appeared on screen there was immediate cheering. during the match itself when he did those couple of stunts and got past a defender, the crowd would go: 'ZIZOU! ZIZOU!' (their pet name for him). and i thought he really did play very well!
I dont know how the atm in germany is, but for the french its a bit special, cos of what happened in 2002, everybody expected a strong team from the start. but after the first two matches of draw against swiss and south korea, the people were aghast. all around people were utterly disappointed, expecting the worst against togo. Then all of a sudden the team started winning, and its AMAZING to see the complete transformation it brought abt to the daily life of the common french. I can feel the change in the atm here, from the press, classroom discussion... everywhere. there were free magazines given out about the team, and the newspapers are abound with the team members' comments on how a new unity was born in the team itself. if you watched the match, you'll realise ribery who scored the first goal against spain and henry in the goal against brazil ran towards the reserves to celebrate it with them. good unity huh... And this feeling is really infective... im supporting the team like its my own country!
Allez les bleus!!!
ningky lived on 3:50 AM
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