Europe 1 followed the Blues' entry into Euro football from the Old Port of Marseille.
From the first goal of the France team, the euphoria of the supporters swept away long months of deprivation and constraints imposed by the health context, making this competition the symbol of a return to normalcy.
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What could be better than starting with a 1-0 victory.
France succeeded Tuesday evening its entry into Euro football by resisting German aggressiveness.
But that the match was frustrating: two French goals refused for offside, and some German fouls not whistled.
What to put the fans of the Blues to boil, especially in Marseille where Europe 1 followed the match in their company.
The supporters, deprived of Euro last year, very quickly regained their feelings.
After 20 minutes of play, while a first goal is awarded to France, the Old Port is set ablaze: "It's the start of the Euro and I think that announces the colors! magnificent ", enthuses a Marseillais in the middle of the chants of supporters.
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"People sing, we are all together, we live"
Same scenes of jubilation at the final whistle for wild spectators: "When we relive moments like that, after so many difficult moments, we have to let go. It's the joy of living, quite simply! People sing , we are all together, we live, ”summarizes a supporter with a hoarse voice.
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Because behind this joy, there is a little more than the victory of the France team, there is also, among these Marseillais, the feeling that the Covid-19 epidemic is far away, and that the life before finally resumes its rights. While the servers start a race against the clock to fold up their terraces as quickly as possible, the supporters play overtime after 11 p.m. with hedges of honor for cars leaving the Old Port. The curfew will wait.