All-French Twickenham final lacks fireworks
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So there we were at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne on Saturday afternoon, trying to take in the noise and the preposterous, bubbling sea of yellow and assembling a guestimation of the epic nature of the occasion.
The most throbbing sporting crowds I have been a part of: 1) Super Saturday at the London Olympics.
2) Liverpool v AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.
3) Cathy Freeman’s 400 metres final in Sydney 2000.
No, Clermont Auvergne versus Saracens was not at that level.
It was a semi-final, after all.
Yet it certainly had the kind of
The most throbbing sporting crowds I have been a part of: 1) Super Saturday at the London Olympics.
2) Liverpool v AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul.
3) Cathy Freeman’s 400 metres final in Sydney 2000.
No, Clermont Auvergne versus Saracens was not at that level.
It was a semi-final, after all.
Yet it certainly had the kind of
