“The best between France and England is water.” But now they stir together … – Dagbladet.no

• England – France 21.00

(Dagbladet): Tonight meet England and France to be a friendly at Wembley. The tape and the rivalry between the two nations has always been special, but extra emotional being there tonight considering terror in Paris Friday night and early Saturday, which until now has claimed 129 lives.

In fact, several British newspapers today pressed the French national anthem, so that the entire Wembley audiences can vote ii respect for the victims.

Wayne Rooney also said yesterday that he was concerned for his friends who were in the French capital, and immediately called both old and current teammates. Security around tonight has also been tightened.

rivalry and friendship

The two countries have in recent years were acting as allies, who have cooperated closely. But the relationship has not always been as well, and at one point was the two nations actually bitter enemies.

There have been many disagreements between the two great and they have fought five major wars. Best known is perhaps the Hundred Years War, which lasted from 1337 to 1453, in which both countries fought for the throne of France. The war promoted nationalistic attitudes.

The French Prime Minister Georges Clemeceau said at the beginning of the 1900s, gives a good picture of the rivalry: “English is only poor pronounced French ». Author Douglas W. Jerroid argued that the only good thing he saw between France and England was the sea.

But France and England found together from the start of the 1900s, and have been strong allies in both first and second world war. In addition, they co-founded NATO, and has several similar views politically.

Form Curve

On the football field has rivals only met twice in the 2000s.

The teams met in the group stage of the European Championship in 2012, the settlement between the two giants ended 1-1, but both failed to progress to the knockout stages at the expense of Sweden and Ukraine.

Otherwise, neither France or England made it particularly serious on the football field in the past years. France came to the World Cup final in 2006, but otherwise the results have been lacking. England has not done particularly large, and smoke including into already in the group stage at the World Cup in 2014.

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