jpg75 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 What f'in joke! http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=582022&sec=worldcup2010&cc=5901 Despite France's dismal showing at Euro 2008 and their inauspicious start to the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign coach Raymond Domenech was given the green light to continue on Wednesday... Here's another interesting part of this article: Later on Wednesday Escalettes will meet with French president Nicolas Sarkozy who summoned the FFF president to talk about the atmosphere at Tuesday's friendly against Tunisia. The crowd clearly favoured the visitors with fans from the country's large Tunisian population packing the Stade de France. The French anthem was booed, as was Domenech's name when it was announced by the speaker before the game, and the France players were jeered every time they had the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdroze Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 quote:Originally posted by jpg75 The French anthem was booed, as was Domenech's name when it was announced by the speaker before the game, and the France players were jeered every time they had the ball. Even weirder, they actually want to abandon the game if the anthem is booed in the future: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2010fratunanthemsarkozy&prov=afp&type=lgns Good luck trying to enforce that one! snippet: Any football match in France before which the country's national anthem is booed will now be "immediately stopped", French Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot said Wednesday after meeting with President Nicolas Sarkozy. The dramatic move followed the booing of "La Marseillaise" during France's 3-1 friendly win over Tunisia at the Stade de France in Paris on Tuesday. "Any match when our national anthem is whistled will be stopped immediately," Bachelot said after talks with Sarkozy and French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes. "Government members will immediately leave the arena where our national anthem has been whistled. "When whistling of our national anthem happens, all friendly games with the country concerned will be suspended for a period yet to be determined by the federation president." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatawonderfulworld Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 ... then GOOD LUCK !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I still don't get how they can stop a game that hasn't started (ie when the anthem are played). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Well, they can still boo/whistle the national anthem in World Cup qualifying games. And the anthem will be booed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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