In Munich, French supporters are impatient to face Spain in the Euro semi-final

Around 8,000 French fans are expected in the stands in Munich for the Euro semi-final against Spain on Tuesday evening.

The Blues may not have shone, but they are only one step away from the Euro final. The French team, criticized for its play and lacking offensively, overcame all obstacles to face Spain on Tuesday July 9 in the semi-final (9 p.m.). In Germany, this chaotic and atypical journey has the French fans talking, with nearly 8,000 of them filling the Bayern Munich stadium for this clash against the Roja, so impressive since the start of the competition.

In the sun, on a terrace, at Marienplatz, in the very centre of the capital of Bavaria, Didier is starting his fourth week in Germany. Although his progress in the local language is rather limited, he has seen all the matches at the stadium and has become familiar with the way the Blues play. “It’s going to be a different story than the previous match.he believes in reference to the qualification acquired in the quarter-finals against Portugal, on penalties (0-0, 5 tab to 3). Spain is a big team but with the French everything is possible.”

Didier Deschamps’ men have thus managed to reach the last four without having scored a single goal in open play since the start of the competition. “Maybe at some point we will scorehopes this other supporter. Offensively we can’t do any worse, but we’re in the semi-finals.” “We’re a bit too strong, so we’re setting ourselves challenges. The challenge now is to qualify without scoring.”quips another French fan.

French inefficiency is even ridiculed on the streets of Munich. “We’re playing for a draw”jokes a supporter. Because the manner ultimately matters little to Lucien, who has been following the Blues in a camper van since the start of the Euro and who firmly believes in his lucky charm.

“Didier Deschamps is lucky, he has something. The day he was born, there must have been a star above him. He won everything.”

Lucien, a supporter of the Blues

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“DD” has indeed won everything during his career, except the Euro as a coach. A competition that he came very close to winning in 2016, in France, only beaten in the final by Portugal, after extra time (1-0 ap). But when Didier Deschamps appears on the bench for a semi-final in a major competition, he overcomes the obstacle every time. In the event of qualification, the Blues would play their seventh final in thirteen major tournaments since 1998, a symbol of incredible consistency.