World: French supporters shouted their frustration over the Rhine

By Laurent GESLIN | AFP -

"Germany was stronger, as always," Hundreds of fans gathered outside the German part of the Rhine against Strasbourg, France, called Friday available blue against Germany in the quarter-finals on Friday in the World Cup final.

Curses miss the French camp to the final whistle. Regained team (1-0).

Heart pumping, this limit is seen at his Alsatian supporters the game on a big screen at a border crossing "beach" Allah, the neighboring German city of Strasbourg installed. The whole atmosphere of "Brazil", sitting on chairs and legs on the sand of the river between the two countries.

Despite the rain began just minutes after the start of the game, sometimes disturbing minutes repeatedly fall, the morale of the French camp was sold at the end of the session.

On the other side of the border because of the threat of rain, the city of Strasbourg was chosen to cancel the transmission on a big screen in the city center, a large auditorium with air.

Kelly, the little "Copa Cabana" German tricolor was soon penetrated the atmosphere festive of enthusiastic fans of the team in a neighboring country.

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"This is the first time that I have the World Cup so intimately," says Jérôme Turin, 30, a teacher in Strasbourg blue-white-red cover that France predicts 2-1 ....

"We Strasbourg, France, Germany is always something special," said his friend Florian Sturny, 28, who wears a necklace of flowers.

For Kelly long accustomed to the presence of the French working population of 35,000 is about 3,500 supporters team decided on the marketplace, a few hundred yards, a team of "Global Village" to celebrate.

If the first time, the French striker Karim Benzema misses his shot from the German goal, an angry crowd of fans in the mood of the border there.

While the storm rages below, the silence finally comes "Gallic village" 13 Minutes, when German defender Mats Hummels opened the scoring for the team.

The many faces pressed a hand of hope tricolor blue wave coming wave.

"Go Blue!" Buzzing a quarter of an hour later, still believes the heart of the French fans, balancing.

But the report did not change until the final whistle.

"We are disappointed., France was good, technically and physically. Yet, as in the three previous games competition Germany was stronger than ever before", Vincent Hissler, 28 years were analyzed. "You have four years," he says with a smile.

Thomas Frideric, a German mathematician 44 years in Karlsruhe, "France has a very strong team, too. Question Germany is always whether the Franco-German friendship or rivalry."

Cassandra, 25, a nurse in Strasbourg, France Jersey carries a difficult task, immediately said are undefeated team against France in 56 years.

"It will be difficult to keep them together," he said.