Thrilled hundreds of thousands of French people receive their national team on the Champs Élysées. The riots of the night to show that not all is well in the world champion country. In the jubilation of it together yet.
The day after that. Paris awakens quieter than on a normal Monday morning. Less traffic, less sirens, on the sidewalks is not even the big the fray. Clearly, it is holiday time in France, but even then, los is actually more in this vibrant metropolis. Only the street cleaning is hosed are on the rise in large-scale operation: citizens, mountains of rubbish collected and a lot of broken glass swept up. The traces of a long Party night. In the streets around the big fan fest at the Eiffel tower, however, is gone even more to break a couple of glass bottles. Zerbeulte hoods, smashed Windows of shops and cars. Patrice, a waiter in a sidewalk café near the fan mile, shrugging her shoulders. “This is now almost normal. We are constantly on a rampage”, he sighs, “I don’t think some know how you can be happy just without a ruckus.”
There is a Metro Station called “Deschamps-Elysées”
This was unfortunately true for some French people. 845 cars were set according to the interior Ministry across the country in the final night in fire, 508 people arrested. The rampage are still only a side note in the headlines of the Morning, finally, the overwhelming majority celebrated just a rushing the football. And for some people it is not heard at all on this Monday. In the afternoon the first Fans made the pilgrimage Triomphe in the direction of the Arc de, to wait for the team. With suspended Tricolor-flags-with-fresh-Blue-white-red Makeup to the face, the people flocked to the centre of the capital and the most on foot. Because early on the Metro were locked stations around the Grand Boulevard Champs Elysées. It’s a shame, because the public transport company of Paris have thought of a couple of beautiful Reinterpretations of the U-Bahn stations:
Hundreds of thousands of people should not remain in narrow underground passages to plug. Of course, this from the terrorist-drawn city is not, in particular, in the case of large events to the smallest risk. This was also the case for the way of the team from the Roissy airport to the city centre. A large escort of police shielded the blue “Champions du monde”-Bus ride-Fans on motorcycles, while even on the highway, hundreds of people bridges the Team cheered.
Agreed, the same, successful
Then, at 19:20, significantly later than planned, the car with the French national team, turning onto the wide Boulevard are cordoned off the Champs-Elysées is already hermetically sealed. Hundreds of police to secure the path of the champion of the world, from the Arc de Triomphe towards the Place de la Concorde, the shut-off grid to make clear that this can be a Event with Stars to touch and feel. Nevertheless, they sing over and over again: “We are French and we won!” The joy of on the one hand expected and on the other hand, however, unexpected world Cup title in Russia, hundreds of thousands of people also brings together the day after. In dense rows along the magnificent mile, waiting for hours to catch a glimpse of their heroes. They come from the expensive parts of the city, in the centre, and wear chic Parisian fashion. And you come from the Banlieues to the North of the city, and wear sun glasses and sneakers. The riots, the final night may once more have shown, social tensions and the discontent of many young people from the suburbs. In the jubilation of France combines trellis.
Thousands of Fans have been waiting for in Paris on their heroes
“This is a Moment of enthusiasm, the optimism, the enthusiasm of the whole people”, said Laura. She is a Parisian, wearing of course their national team Jersey and is proud of her Team have achieved more than to get just a Cup to France. “The team has lives, she was a unit and showed a real Cohesion. So I was also sure that we will win.” As in 1998, the world champion team serves as a model for French society. In the euphoria of the moment, a wonderful, understandable idea. After the experience of the last 20 years it must be said, however: The team is probably more of a projection area of France, as it could be: agreed to, equal to, successfully.
The team greets and celebrates meanwhile, in an open car moving slowly across the Boulevard. As usual, some of the jubilant players wear sunglasses, because behind tired eyes, hide, drawn by a Reportedly long Party night. Mbappé, Pogba, Griezmann are the most-watched jerseys along the victory parade. Young star Benjamin Pavard (yet) from VfB Stuttgart is the most lauded player. As different as their idols and their characters, so too are the Fans, who applaud here, excited and chanting. Celebrate your Elf, but somehow also yourself and your country. It is a Parade of winners, on and next to the Champs-Elysées.