Bleus: these home matches with a complicated atmosphere for the French team – Foot – Bleus

France – Algeria (4-1), October 6, 2001

"Algeria is indignant", headline The Team October 8, 2001, two days after the first France-Algeria in history. The high-risk friendly match was much more than just a football match and was meant to be a celebration, a symbol of the two countries coming together after a complicated recent history. But the context has gone beyond play, frustration has replaced joy. The match turned to fiasco. "I was so upset that some people ruined everything … This game was so important … With what is going on in the world today, with the hope that these two countries were getting closer. It was rich for our memories "explained Lilian Thuram, right-wing of the Blues, just after the meeting.

The beginning of the evening announced the beginnings of a missed appointment, when the Marseillaise was conspired by the majority of the public of the Stade de France. In the field, the debates were unbalanced, France led 4-1 in the 76th minute of play. Moment chosen by a hundred spectators to invade the lawn. The first France-Algeria in history was the first match of the Blues not going to completion. "It is unacceptable to destroy everything that has been done to organize this feast of friendship. I hope that we will have the opportunity to remake a match against the France team. We can not stay on this wrong note », hoped Moulay Haddou, defender of the fennecs. Almost twenty years later, his wish has still not been fulfilled.

France – Morocco (2-2), November 16, 2007

On November 16, 2007, France received Morocco at the Stade de France in front of nearly 60,000 Moroccan fans. "The minutes before kick-off set the tone for the mood. By closing our eyes, we thought we were at the Mohamed-V stadium in Casablanca rather than in the bays of the Stade de France. By reopening them, the waving movement of red flags confirmed the overwhelming presence of Moroccan fans "could we read in the columns of The Team. That evening too, the Marseillaise was whistled. The friendly match ended on a parity score (2-2). The two teams have not clashed since.

France – Tunisia (3-1), October 14, 2008

A year later, October 14, 2008, the same story in Saint-Denis during a friendly between the Blues to Tunisia. The French anthem is again whistled, which will even cause the opening of an investigation. Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Sports, will request that a match be " stopped " (sic) in case the Marseillaise would be booed again. On the field, that night, the context was better digested by the Blues (3-1).

France – Turkey (3-1), June 5, 2009

At the Stade Gerland in Lyon, the match, which was also friendly, was interrupted for five minutes. This time, the Marseillaise had been respected and even applauded but, during the meeting, projectiles had left two-thirds spans filled by Turkish supporters.