France Win!!

[mike carey]

Vive la France.

 

A great game, I was prepared to say Croatia was robbed after that penalty, but in the end it was probably not decisive. Les Bleus are worthy winners

 

It has to be said that Russia put on a great tournament.

[irfy]

they were gifted two terrible decisions by the referee

[mike carey]

La France, black, blanc et beur.

(A motto of France, black, white and Arab.)

[irfy]

La France, black, blanc et beur.

yes they said that when they last won it in 98 with Zidane et al, second generation North African & black players but socially nothing changed for those populations, it's still adeeply racist society I feel compared to UK.

[irfy]

Well done to France, congratulations. I have two French work colleagues who will now be insufferable

[mike carey]

Among the other dignitaries, the French and Croatian presidents came onto the presentation dais hand-in-hand.

[mike carey]

I have two French work colleagues who will now be insufferable

Not as insufferable as English colleagues would have been to others had they won.

[+ pdxleo]

Russia deserves a hearty congrats for staging a virtually incident-free Cup. Hope that Qatar is progressing towards a similar experience, but with our world's current state, I'm fearing a '72 Munich-like disaster is on the way.

[+ Avalon]

La France, black, blanc et beur.

(A motto of France, black, white and Arab.)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur

 

Why black and not noir?

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Noir#French

[TruthBTold]

Vive la France.

A great game, I was prepared to say Croatia was robbed after that penalty, but in the end it was probably not decisive. Les Bleus are worthy winners

It has to be said that Russia put on a great tournament.

 

Where does one find the time to organize a World Cup and steal a national election. Hats off to them.

[+ g56whiz]

Where does one find the time to organize a World Cup and steal a national election. Hats off to them.

A national election? You sell them short!!

[samhexum]

Does this mean this @*!%* tournament is finally over & I can stop seeing stupid commercials & boring news stories about it? Halle-fuckin-lujah!

[+ deej]

Gentlemen, there is a foruum for politics. This isn’t it.

[+ honcho]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur

 

Why black and not noir?

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Noir#French

 

For the alliteration!

[Populist Fury]

#CroatiaWasRobbed

 

They played better, controlled the game for longer periods of time. Idiot ref fucked them over & killed their momentum.

 

A pretty meh ending to an otherwise successful World Cup. Russia did a great job!

[+ Avalon]

For the alliteration!

 

Of course. Sigh! Once you pointed it out to me it was so obvious. Thanks!

[Stormy]

Congratulations France! But I want one of those Croatian checkered soccer shirts. Love them!

[+ tassojunior]

and now the riots and looting have started

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/989289/world-cup-final-france-vs-croatia-riots-Paris-French-celebrations/amp

[+ Pensant]

Since I’ll be in Croatia in two weeks, I was hoping their team would’ve won the World Cup. Bad officiating.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beur

 

Why black and not noir?

 

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Noir#French

The aliteration of course, but also “noir” was the word used during the French colonisation of Africa.

 

“Black” is preferred in young people’s French, it is more neutral than noir (which is what your grandmother would have used, with all the prejudices of her days), plus using an Americanism makes you sound modern, and more “woke”.

[+ Avalon]

The aliteration of course, but also “noir” was the word used during the French colonisation of Africa.

 

“Black” is preferred in young people’s French, it is more neutral than noir (which is what your grandmother would have used, with all the prejudices of her days), plus using an Americanism makes you sound modern, and more “woke”.

 

Thanks! I thought the French hated incursions of foreign words. In fact I thought there was a concerted effort to "purify" the language.

 

Now this is about Quebec not France. I had a friend who was pretty fluent in French. He said that one time while visiting Quebec he was asking info from someone but did not know a particular French word so he used the English one. He said the person then just walked away.

[+ WilliamM]

Thanks! I thought the French hated incursions of foreign words. In fact I thought there was a concerted effort to "purify" the language.

 

Now this is about Quebec not France. I had a friend who was pretty fluent in French. He said that one time while visiting Quebec he was asking info from someone but did not know a particular French word so he used the English one. He said the person then just walked away.

 

Less true now in Paris where many young people now know English.

[marylander1940]

La France, black, blanc et beur.

(A motto of France, black, white and Arab.)

 

3 colors, 1 flag.

 

[Guest]

Now Croatia should play Belgium to see who's really #2....

[marylander1940]