Julien and Thomas, two childhood friends living in two different countries for years, have decided to meet to follow the Blues across Europe during Euro football.

The two young men tell Europe 1 their journey, marked according to them by the high popularity rating of the band in Deschamps. 

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Crucial match for the France team on Monday evening.

The Blues face Switzerland in the round of 16 of the Euro, in Bucharest, Romania.

Around 1,500 French supporters will be on site to push Karim Benzema's teammates.

Among them, Europe 1 met two childhood friends separated by thousands of kilometers, but whom the passion for football brought together. 

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Blue jersey on the back, Julien and Thomas savor every second of their journey.

The first has an accountancy firm in the Lyon region while the second is expatriated in Mexico.

Everything had been planned since 2019, but the coronavirus epidemic has passed through there ... So, after 18 months without seeing each other, this tour of Europe has something liberating about it. 

"A pleasure to follow the France team"

"We see people, it makes you move, see cities, other countries, full stadiums, Budapest was a treat", they say. And between canceled flights and improvised train trips, the two friends, who continue to work remotely between matches, regain a little taste of their student years and take advantage of the renewed popularity of the France team. "Of course we spent a few years where we were a little more discreet, but now it's okay ... Especially in Hungary or here where we feel that there is a fairly high popularity rating. it is a pleasure to be able to follow her. "

And Julien and Thomas are already seeing each other in Saint Petersburg for a possible quarter-final, to the point that they have already booked their plane ticket as a precaution. "We hope not to be the black cats," they joke.