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A triumphal return. The Blues celebrated Monday, July 16 afternoon their title of world champion on the Champs-Elysees with hundreds of thousands of people came to cheer, before being received at the Elysee. Gathered for several hours on "the most beautiful avenue in the world", a blue-white-red crowd capsized happiness at the sight of his 23 heroes, arrived a few hours earlier in Roissy, haloed the second world title in history Blues twenty years after that of 1998. Like their glorious eldest – which included the coach Didier Deschamps – acclaimed by half a million people on July 13, 1998, they down the iconic avenue on a double-decker bus in front of about 300,000 According to a police source,
This time, the bus did not have to break through. The route had been marked with barriers to contain the impressive crowd cheering its champions, winners the day before Croatia (4-2) at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. According to the Ministry of the Interior, nearly 2,000 police and gendarmes and 400 relief workers were mobilized to ensure the smooth running of the day. Euphoric despite their short night, dressed in T-shirts with two stars and the words "world champions", scarf tied around the head for some, the players harangued the crowd drowned in the clouds of smoke. And many of them immortalized the scene with their smartphone.
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On the Champs-Elysees, the blue-white-red came in all forms: flags, jerseys, necklaces of flowers, hats of cowboy or bells, makeup on the cheeks or lips … The sky was also decorated with three colors at the passage of the Patrouille de France. "It's so much fun, it's a beautiful France we have, everyone is happy, everyone is cool," smiles Anna, 16: "My dad so pondered me with 98, now I can live that too! "
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Players and coaching team France were then received at the Elysee President Emmanuel Macron, in a joyfully relaxed atmosphere. On the steps of the presidential palace, the tube "I will survive" and the Marseillaise, sung a capella by the players and the head of state, preceded a triumphal arrival in the gardens of the palace, where awaited 3,000 guests, including many young people come from football clubs training world champions, like that of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) where began Kylian Mbappé. But it is especially Paul Pogba who made the show, by singing the crowd – "We broke everything" or "Ngolo Kanté", on the air of "Oh, Champs-Elysees".
"We enter in history "
" Do not change! ", had urged the head of state a few minutes earlier for the tricolor team, saying that" this team (was) beautiful because she was united, because she was strong and proud of France ". In the middle of the photos and autographs, Captain Hugo Lloris handed the cup to young people to touch. The reception was also hosted by DJ Snake, a world-famous French DJ, who came for free.
Like their elders in 1998, the heroes of Moscow will be decorated with the Legion of Honor, but this will be handed to them in a few months, at a date still undetermined, said Monday the Elysee. This triumph and these honors should allow Griezmann, Pogba, Mbappé and their comrades to become aware of the feat they have just achieved. "Frankly, personally, I do not realize yet.The cup weighs a lot," said Antoine Griezmann during the night. "We enter history," however seemed to realize the striker Atlético Madrid, on the roof of the world at 27 years. "We are trying to give a good image of France, French players, I hope that many young people will have seen this match and will do the same," he added.
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Kylian Mbappé and his meteoric trajectory are already dreaming. At 19 years and a half, he scored in the World Cup final his fourth goal of the tournament. He became the second youngest player to score in the World Cup final after Pele, who had made the net shake in the top match of the 1958 tournament. "I'm very happy, I posted my collective ambitions early in the tournament. World, it was to win the World Cup ", rejoiced on TF1 the kid from Bondy:" We are proud to make the French happy. "
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