Last night, I went to an Irish bar in the centre of Nantes to watch the World Cup qualifier. I wasn't entirely sure what was going on at first, but it seemed that France needed to win the game to get into the World Cup in 2010.
So, when Ireland scored, things were not looking good for Les Bleus. At 90 minutes, the game was somehow equal (based on aggregate over two 'legs'), so it went into extra time. Then eventually, France scored, and went on to draw the match at 1-1.
Then, the bar erupted; France had apparently qualified for the World Cup. Cue extravagant French-style celebrations: anything from people hanging out of car windows with flags to people perched on the roof of cars clinging onto the roof-rack, frantically shouting and brandishing an oversized French flag.
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