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PARIS (AP) – With the World Cup trophy in hand, the victorious national team of France is coming home with a big "Thank you!" "Eternal Happiness" headlined Monday in the sports daily The Team, summarizing the state of mind of many people who hope that this euphoria will last for months or even years.
19659002] France was preparing to welcome Monday the national football team for a victory round on the large Champs-Elysees, the big Parisian avenue where hundreds of thousands of people crowded after the Sunday's 4-2 win over Croatia against Croatia. [19659002Celaserasuivid'apresidentialreceptionwithcontentofcontentswhichhaveofthefootballclubsknownfromFrenchplayerssuchastheBondyoecoveryworldofBondyoùKylianMbappe19ansagrandi
Several Paris subway stations are temporarily adjusting their names to honor the team and its members, tweeted the transport authority. The Clemenceau des Champs-Elysees became the Clemenceau de Deschamps-Elysees in honor of the coach of the national team Didier Deschamps.
The Stars station is now "On a 2 Stars", to mark the second victory of France in World Cup, Victor Hugo Lloris, after the French goalkeeper and captain of the team.
The celebrations were spread throughout the nation and among French players still dazed.
"We are bound" French President Emmanuel Macron exulted on the ground in Moscow, hugging the players while they received their medals even as the sky opened. and congratulated the players in the locker room. He clearly hopes the glow of the World Cup win will reach him, elevating him to a nation that is fiercely protesting against his economic reforms.
These are the players who captured the French imagination, a mostly young and diverse group Sports Minister Laura Flessel told Europe-1 radio that the World Cup victory would allow young people of France – like those of the poor suburbs where many players grew up – "daring to believe in their dreams."
The joy of victory illuminated the ride Monday morning in Paris, with young people in cars that still sing and shout in feast.
In the eastern district of Paris, Belleville, Eiffel Tower visible in the distance, Vincent Simon said: "Both teams deserve to win, France won, and it's good for the country, that we will do good for a few months. "
Florian Scaven The final of the World Cup of Maternity, where his wife had a baby during mating.
"We vibrated with the horns in the street We're happy, Long live France, he says."
Victory came at a time when many French people needed good news.
" That represents huge things, "says Goffrey Hamsik, wearing a cock-like hat French national symbol – and a shirt with the number 10 of Mbappe.
" We had a lot of problems in France these the last years, "he said, remembering the deadly terrorist attacks, here we are all united, we are mixing, there is no religion, there is nothing, and there is nothing. This is good for you. "
Yet celebrations in France usually result in a wave of violence on the part of troublemakers, and Sunday is no exception. order used water cannons and tear gas to end the violence.
French media reports , 90 people were arrested in the Paris region and 290 others were arrested. around France.
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Chris den Hond in Paris contributed.
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