¡Qué viva México!

The defeat for France effectively guillotines any hopes Les Bleus had of progressing to the second round. Not that there's much sympathy out there. Even the English seem to revelling in their dismal failure. "Their manager is an idiot and almost to a man, their players are a disgrace to their country," said The Guardian's commentator.
Schadenfreude is a dish best served with a glass of stout, and there's nowhere it's being enjoyed more right now than in Ireland, home to more México supporters per capita than anywhere else in the world - including México.

France coach Raymond Domenech - who surely won't be France coach much longer - didn't even play the instigator of the infamous 'Mains de Henry'. As if to add to his humiliation, he asked Thierry to warm up for 20 minutes without then allowing him a hand in the action! Perhaps he was mindful of the previous game when Henry - of all people - appealed for a penalty to be given against Uruguay for handball. Oh, the irony!
Poor Domenech sounded like a doomed man after the deserved loss to Mexico. He didn't bother trying to blame the controversial ball, the distracting sound of vuvuzelas, or the weather. "I have no words," he said, contradicting himself as he said them. He said some more too, just to make it worse.

There go more fireworks. Maybe there's a few Irish in that Mexican party after all...
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ReplyDeleteJust a thought: http://www.linkexpats.com/expatriates-in-Germany (social networking website for expatriates in Germany) might be interesting for you and your readers..
You might want to add it to your links page as well.
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Cheers for that! Not working for them by any chance? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI notice there are nine Germans registered as ex-pats in Germany. How does that work then? (It actually said "9 Germans in Germany". I think you'll find there's a bit more than that!)
No Irish of course. They're doing all their networking in the pub.
It's been brilliant watching the French self-destruct (bonus points for losing to Mexico)! Even better than England's quadrennial crash with reality. Schadenfreude rules!! Excellent blog, btw.
ReplyDeleteI had heard that Les Bleus have shunned Zidane and he is now working for Algeria as a consultant. Even he knows to stay away from a train wreck when he sees one!
ReplyDeleteA train wreck? I think the French would be happy if they only had a train wreck at this stage!
ReplyDeleteThey've certainly provided more entertainment for the Irish with their shenanigans than Ireland would ever have produced had they reached the World Cup.