.....and a few thoughts:
- so happy about this as France needed some positivity after those difficult last years and terrorist attacks.
- really glad the French squad showed so much team spirit, it wasn't about 1 or 2 star players. And we also needed to bounce back after the negativity and fiasco of 2010 in South Africa.
- fuck all the racists worldwide....France has been a diverse country for decades and I thought people had understood that since 98...But apparently and unfortunately not. I've seen some outrageous shit in the foreign press. It's to the point my wife discouraged me of wearing a French Jersey when we go to Italy in 2 weeks.
- finally on a personnal note, it was simply epic to watch that final with my 2 sons, 20 years after celebrating that first win in Paris as a young man. It's beyond words, as corny as that sounds.
oh and for those who want to understand France and French football better, this is a good vid: