France meet Karma. Karma, France.
Back in November, I posted some anger-fueled words lamenting the country of France and the cheapshit soccer players that she breeds.
Fast-forward to right now and the following excerpt from a NY Times article on France’s World Cup no-show and early exit. As it turns out, soccer is kinda hard when you don’t use your hands:
Not everyone, though, will be sad to see France depart early. Many may view its exit as just punishment, given the way the French qualified for the World Cup. “The Irish are probably happy tonight,” said Boudewijn Zenden, a Dutch soccer player who is a television commentator for the tournament.
Even before Tuesday’s match, some corporate sponsors, including the Crédit Agricole financial services company, had begun to disassociate themselves from the French team, canceling advertising campaigns.
Le Parisien, a French newspaper, wrote scathingly: “To have the worst soccer team at the World Cup was almost unbearable. To also have the most stupid is intolerable.”
As they took the field against South Africa, France’s players were fully aware that they faced widespread contempt.
“Everyone in the world is laughing at us,” the star forward Franck Ribéry said beforehand.
Excuse me while I bask in some serious schadenfreude. Ahhhh.
Yuss!!! Ahahahahahahah!