#angfra

Two main things stay with me after the England France game; one, how disoriented the French team played, and two, how touching the match was. If I remember correctly, it was four days after the Paris attacks that the French team took the field to play England in a friendly match and four days did not seem enough to me. Watching them play... four days was not enough. Each of the two goals England scored felt like adding insult to injury, as much as I knew how very respectful the English team was and that this is how a football game is meant to be played. While the solidarity coming from the English was comforting, watching the game itself was painful and I don’t remember much about it.

Watching BVB play today, I kept seeing shades of the England France match. At one point my commentators said that BVB didn’t have rhythm and I just started yelling. How do you expect them to have rhythm when they haven’t even recovered from being attacked less than 24 hours ago? To BVB’s credit, they played spectacularly well, given the circumstances, and they should feel good about the result.