Neish
01/03/2007, 9:55 AM
By Jean-Yves Guerin
22/02/2007
A few hours before Tuesday's match between Lille and Manchester United, I was strolling through the centre of Lille. I therefore saw the start of the chain of events beforehand: a few hundred English fans had gathered in the central square; they were all singing, which is nice. But they had drunk too much, which is less nice.
I went to get a coffee in the cafe Paul, which is well known in Lille, and the waitress told me with some concern that the English had been in the bar from 10am until 2pm and had spent more than 240 euros (£161) on drinks.
How many of them were there? 4 hours in a place and they only spent €240 on drink? Big jessies
But back to the topic.1st off I am a fan of Man Utd but I wasn't at the game so I can't say I know how the trouble in the united end started and of who was to blame but the french police completely overreacted by firing tear gas into a packed and fenced in stand(That only going to cause more problems)
And giggs goal was perfectly legal if you read the rule book you'll see its allowed and its been done many time before by many teams. Lille acted like spoiled children in a huff because things didn't go their way when they walked off the pitch.
22/02/2007
A few hours before Tuesday's match between Lille and Manchester United, I was strolling through the centre of Lille. I therefore saw the start of the chain of events beforehand: a few hundred English fans had gathered in the central square; they were all singing, which is nice. But they had drunk too much, which is less nice.
I went to get a coffee in the cafe Paul, which is well known in Lille, and the waitress told me with some concern that the English had been in the bar from 10am until 2pm and had spent more than 240 euros (£161) on drinks.
How many of them were there? 4 hours in a place and they only spent €240 on drink? Big jessies
But back to the topic.1st off I am a fan of Man Utd but I wasn't at the game so I can't say I know how the trouble in the united end started and of who was to blame but the french police completely overreacted by firing tear gas into a packed and fenced in stand(That only going to cause more problems)
And giggs goal was perfectly legal if you read the rule book you'll see its allowed and its been done many time before by many teams. Lille acted like spoiled children in a huff because things didn't go their way when they walked off the pitch.