France!

Not a very good game, admittedly, but we’ve made it to Berlin nonetheless.

Considering the level of play displayed by the Italians last night, it will be a daunting task. But then again, so were the two previous games against Spain and Brazil. One can dream. The tens of thousands of people parading in the streets of Paris tonight certainly do.

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1. Tobias Schwarz Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 2:41 am

   Interestingly, I remember there wasn’t much going on in Paris after the semi final in 1998. The final, of course, caused a different reaction ;). Well, I’m su´re there won’t be any reason for les bleus to complain about lack of support from the German audience this time ;). Allez les Bleus!

   Greetings from a German who made it to Berlin today - although the timing could have hardly been less fortunate…

   Tobias, writing from CocaCola’s blogger apartment in Berlin.

2. Madison Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 8:02 am

   France - 1
   Portugal - 0

   YYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeSSSSSSSSSS!
   Samba! Samba! Samba!

3. David Weman Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 8:12 am

   It was a good game until Zidane’s golal killed it.

4. James Thompson Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

   Well I lost all my words to express the happiness. All the best France. Guys you are doing a great job. Keep it up!Just take the world cup along with you….

5. Mike Says:
   July 6th, 2006 at 2:21 pm

   Congratulations, wasn’t a gripping match or anything. I’m Italian so I guess well be seeing you on Sunday. Best of luck

6. Amsterdamsky Says:
   July 7th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

   If some terrorists wiped out the entire stadium I bet the economies in France, Italy and Germany would all improve. If nothing else the welfare rosters would go down.

7. Ouwe Says:
   July 7th, 2006 at 2:32 pm

   After The Netherlands were defeated by Portugal I decided to cheer for France. May the best team win ;-).

8. Emmanuel Says:
   July 7th, 2006 at 4:53 pm

   “If some terrorists wiped out the entire stadium I bet the economies in France, Italy and Germany would all improve.”

   Economic studies say otherwise.
   http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2006/04/soccernomics.html

9. Steven Chappel Says:
   July 8th, 2006 at 7:54 am

   I think that it’s really greta the way that France is playing and I hope that they are definately gonna win the world cup.

10. Mysticusque Says:
    July 9th, 2006 at 9:50 pm

    Congratulazioni amichi Italiani! Bimbi e Bimbe, our new word for the day is: Buffon.