• Fridge@lemmy.oneOP
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    1 year ago

    French crowd is cheering for England way more than I thought they would, even w RSA as reason for their exit.

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        1 year ago

        I have some (English) friends there and they’ve been pleasantly surprised by the support from the normally anyone-but-England crowd:

        french fans are whistling every time Sa are on screen

        true story a welshman came up to me in a bar, a wales tattoo on his forearm and said - I cannot believe I am saying this but i hope England win good luck boys.

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          1 year ago

          The French love to boo. It’s all pantomime, but it’s the same in pretty much every sport. Heck, even the fancy pants Rolland Garros crowd will cheer/jeer based on basically the following order:

          • Locals

          • Underdogs

          • Pantomime villains based on a historic sleight that nobody even really remembers anymore.

          Based on the above, I don’t find it strange that England were the fan favourites for the local crowd.