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