• Deebster@lemmy.ml
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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.