We are champions! We are the champions of the world!”… Shouts echoed widely throughout the French capital, Paris, which was filled with crowds celebrating the country's football team's achievement of its second title in the World Cup, by defeating Croatia today.
Once the match between the two teams at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow ended with the victory of the blue team 4-2, until the scenes of the huge celebrations of the first title of the "roosters" in 1998 returned to Paris. The streets, squares, cafes and bars were filled with fans who carried the French flag, and exchanged greetings with the residents who They looked out from the balconies of the houses, to the sound of the car horns.
And in Champs-de-Mars, near the famous Eiffel Tower, where a huge area was set up for fans to watch the celebrations on giant screens, the throats of about 90,000 people shouted, “We won! We won!, “Champions, World Champions!”
Amidst the human tide of blue, red and white colors, Miriam, 17, said, "This is the best summer of my life!"
She added, "I passed the high school exam this year, and here we are world champions, it's completely crazy (…) We too can say now we are world champions," after the 1998 generation said that 20 years and three days ago.
The famous Champs-Elysees avenue in the capital was flooded with tens of thousands of fans who started celebrating today with the national team, which is expected to return to the country on Monday, to hold loud celebrations that include an official reception at the Elysee Palace. French President Emmanuel Macron, who was present at the match stadium in Moscow, congratulated the national team players by telling them via Twitter, "Thank you."
«AFP» (Paris)