What a disappointment! After the previous upbeat performance against Sweden where we should have left with all 3 points, Ireland were found out on a sunny day in Bordeaux. But that didn't dampen the mood of the 80000 Irish fans.
We rolled into Bordeaux on Friday evening after two crazy nights in La Rochelle with 10000 Irish fans. The highlights of La Rochelle were: a sing song with a langered Keith Duffy, the Irish flash being hoisted up one of the famous port towers and a tricolour ice cream van rocking up and a three piece band playing into the night! Bordeaux was buzzing with Irish and Belgian fans all in good voice when we arrived but Sam and I were fairly wrecked from the two nights up north that we watched the Spain game in the fan zone and were tucked up in our air bnb by 12... Big day ahead!
We were up nice and early to don our Irish kits and grab some breakfast and began walking into the town with a few cans much to the adjustment of the locals. The original plan was to go to the stadium to buy some tickets from touts but when we heard some of the prices being mentioned we decided to watch it in the fan zone with the majority of Irish fans. In hindsight what a great call! As we entered the fanzone we got roped into a five a side game with five French guys. All was going well until Sam got sent off for slide tackling a lad and the ref ran after security to try kick him out. We managed to stay in just in time for kick off! Both sets of fans were in great voice as the game kicked off in the Bordeaux sun. The less said about the Irish performance the better, but Belgium were the deserved winners (even if the ref was atrocious).
With head in our hands a group of us headed to the local Carrefour for some drinks and then onto the Blarney Stone to drown our sorrows and watch the rugby team throw away the chance to best South Africa again. After a few drinks we headed to the Connemara pub where an Irish band were playing on the roof top. The square was rammed with thousands of Irish fans all giving it whellllie. I don't think Bordeaux has ever seen anything like it.
Next up are a few nights in Tours and Rouen before heading up to Lille. The Irish team have two choices for the Italy game: go hard or go home! #COYBIG
We rolled into Bordeaux on Friday evening after two crazy nights in La Rochelle with 10000 Irish fans. The highlights of La Rochelle were: a sing song with a langered Keith Duffy, the Irish flash being hoisted up one of the famous port towers and a tricolour ice cream van rocking up and a three piece band playing into the night! Bordeaux was buzzing with Irish and Belgian fans all in good voice when we arrived but Sam and I were fairly wrecked from the two nights up north that we watched the Spain game in the fan zone and were tucked up in our air bnb by 12... Big day ahead!
We were up nice and early to don our Irish kits and grab some breakfast and began walking into the town with a few cans much to the adjustment of the locals. The original plan was to go to the stadium to buy some tickets from touts but when we heard some of the prices being mentioned we decided to watch it in the fan zone with the majority of Irish fans. In hindsight what a great call! As we entered the fanzone we got roped into a five a side game with five French guys. All was going well until Sam got sent off for slide tackling a lad and the ref ran after security to try kick him out. We managed to stay in just in time for kick off! Both sets of fans were in great voice as the game kicked off in the Bordeaux sun. The less said about the Irish performance the better, but Belgium were the deserved winners (even if the ref was atrocious).
With head in our hands a group of us headed to the local Carrefour for some drinks and then onto the Blarney Stone to drown our sorrows and watch the rugby team throw away the chance to best South Africa again. After a few drinks we headed to the Connemara pub where an Irish band were playing on the roof top. The square was rammed with thousands of Irish fans all giving it whellllie. I don't think Bordeaux has ever seen anything like it.
Next up are a few nights in Tours and Rouen before heading up to Lille. The Irish team have two choices for the Italy game: go hard or go home! #COYBIG
