Victory in Saint-Denis Does Little to Elevate Its People

The Washington Post | July 9, 1998| | Copyright

When the game was over and the French national soccer team had beaten Croatia tonight, 2-1, to advance to the World Cup championship game Sunday, the citizens of Paris surged out of their homes and apartments to celebrate.

Thousands jammed the large square in front of city hall to salute France's best World Cup showing in history, and more than 300,000 streamed onto the avenue of the Champs Elysees, which was closed to traffic. French President Jacques Chirac said tonight was "the greatest day in the history of French sport."

Here, in this modest northern Paris suburb, the ...

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