football Just like French and Argentine footballers, many professions will experience a day full of intensity on Sunday, on the occasion of the Coupe du Cup final. world
French supporters in a bar in Nice during the France Morocco semi-final. — Fred Dides
- We won't insult you by reminding you: this Sunday, France will face Argentina in the World Cup final.
- A dream day for any footballer, the Everest of a career, of a life.
- But even when you're not kicking the football, this Sunday can feel like a summit. 20 Minutes interviewed a delivery girl, bar managers and a sports journalist about their upcoming Sunday.
“Come on children of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived.” On Sunday, the French team, led by Didier Deschamps, will try to win a third star against France. Argentina, in THE game that every footballer dreams of: a World Cup final. But it’s not just for the 22 actors (and their replacements) that the day will be historic. Because for other professions too, this Sunday promises to be very intense. 20 Minutesquestioned a Deliveroo delivery girl, the managers of a bar and a sports journalist before the big meeting.
In&esgrave;s, delivery girl
< strong>Pre-match preparation: “The day before, I start by checking the weather. Riding in the rain or in windy weather is not the same thing. I try to walk a few kilometers to warm up my legs, and go to bed early, of course. A month of competition, çit started at; shoot.”
D-Day: Like our Blues, Inès will have “a champion's breakfast”. Rolled oats + wholemeal bread + almonds + eggs, perfect protein/fat/carbohydrate combo. It’s because the requests are pouring in on match days and Inès is getting ready to go. have a heatmapworthy of Antoine Griezmann against Morocco. Yes, “ 4 p.m., people are ordering. Especially for wiping up alcohol” The schedule is still quite a good thing: “It will be daylight at the start, and there will still be fewer orders than if it were in the evening. I'm not sure I'm going to roll more than for the half or the quarter, games that fell at a certain point. 8 p.m.
Football problem, “usually, some agree to go down to get their delivery at the bottom of the building. During a match, it’s dead, you almost have to go upstairs. each time,” enough to pull on the legs even more.
What this match represents for her: “Money”. As the sport usually makes supporters euphoric and happy, “you get a lot of tips, especially if France wins” As soon as we are trailing, like against Australia or Tunisia, “it becomes stingy very quickly.” Not a soccer player for a penny, Inès therefore hopes for a French victory all the same, and not at all. the 89th. Rather a 3-0 at halftime.
The after-match: A fear as a woman, “during the victory in 2018, there was a lot of sexist outburst. I hope I don’t run into too many relou”s.” If they lose, “everyone will go home with their heads down, and order from home, so”it should increase deliveries even more – and reduce tips” A win would see people “regroup, even take to the streets, so potentially fewer races.”
Julien and Marina, managers of the Saint Hilaire pub in ; Paris
Pre-match preparation: Nothing to worry about. report the day before, the bar will close at; four o'clock in the morning, like every Saturday. Resumption of hostilities a few hours later, on a staggered schedule; for this Sunday: 2-8 p.m. “We will already be preparing for a bit of setting up the day before”. Placement of tables and reservations in 4-4-2 or 4-5-1, we let them decide.
Opening two hours before kick-off, ça leaves time for everyone’s installation – the bar already displays complete –, to make a lot of turnover on pre-match beers, and to create a good atmosphere: “People come mainly for ç a”.
D-Day: Overwhelmed, of course. Like any team in a big game, the midfielder was reinforced: the bar staff will include a bartender and a runner – a room clerk – in addition to usual this Sunday, as well as a security service. set up for each big game, from France or from Paris Saint-Germain. But even with his welcome reinforcements, we must not dream: “””&Cedil; serve.” As with Inès, the schedule is more of a relief: “We will stick to the schedule. a minimum and simple kitchen service, no need to prepare dishes as for matches at; 8 p.m.”
What the game means to them: Romantic version, first of all: “It’s for this kind of events that we do this job and that we are a sports pub. A final is not necessarily the recipe of the year in terms of consumption, but it is certainly the best atmosphere and the most memorable memories. The bar has already lived 1998 and 2018, we hope to new to know ça.”
A more pragmatic version then, “a World Cup, it’s also an opportunity to retain new customers, who come to us a bit by chance and then decide to stay, for the atmosphere, the memories, and which will come back to every game of the Blues or in the evening.”
The after-game : Obviously, partying with everyone in the event of a victory, rinsing out two or three meters of shots and beers for the regulars. And once all that is over, “just a meal with all the staff members to celebrate this World Cup, which will have been a great success for us. Victory or defeat, it’s a day to remember. live.”
Aymeric, sports journalist at 20 Minutes (yes, we took the crème de la crème)
Pre-match preparation: Saturday, it’s already All the rage for one of our special envoys in Qatar, in charge of to follow the Blues, with the pre-match press conference of Didier Deschamps and Hugo Lloris. “You never learn much because ''D&dé'' doesn’t say anything interesting. But ça puts in the bath.” Afterwards, an article is to be prepare, “so I’ll definitely have my head to the grindstone and not much time to think about tomorrow’s game. Ç avoided thinking too much, it’s not worse.”
D-Day: “I might be like a kid on Christmas morning, excited. like a flea with my little FFF pajamas”. A lazy morning to get in shape, a good meal, maybe even a dip in the hotel pool, before heading to the stadium three hours before kick-off sending. “During the match, given the poster and the context, the question is: “am I going to be able to contain myself when the Blues score?” The answer is obviously no. Already, against England, I got up. like a madman on Tchouaménié's goal, my seat flew out.”
What the game means to him: Attention, emotional sequence: “Covering a World Cup final with the Blues when you are a fan of this team, it’s just madness. Other journalists from 20 Minutes were in Russia in 2018, and I was like ''the motherfuckers, I will never live çthis''. Four years later, here we go again, here we go. For me, as for the players, it’s a childhood dream. I will do my job in the best possible way, but if we are world champions, I will still shed my little tear. And then, it’s always better to write with emotion.”
After the game: “ On post-game nights, we usually put out a lot of stuff. There, in the World Cup final, it could be madness. Basically, we left for an all-nighter.”