Arrival

I was very excited when I found out my French team and I were going to the world cup this year. Although after looking in to it I saw that South Africa has had its share of struggles. In the late 1940’s new legislation classified inhabitants into racial groups. Black, white, coloured, and Indian. Basically what was, and still is happening, is called an apartheid. That means that white leaders were killing off other types of people. Such as the groups I mentioned earlier. This especially worries me because it makes me feel not as safe as I would like to fell, also it makes me feel not welcome in the great country of South Africa. Certain areas of South Africa still practice these things, and that makes me sort of nervous for my team, and for myself. Because these tragedies have still been going on, I think it might be possible that I could experience a lot of racial comments from fellow soccer players while competing, but also I might experience even a little bit of racial injustice off of the soccer field. I hate that things have come to this, especially because of the passion I have for the game, and I wish that the players from the FIFA world cup this year could go to South Africa with no fear of anything happening to them. Unfortunately this will probably not be the case. I think that a lot of black people participating in the cup will be discriminated against.

Apartheid Fear

Hello my name is Patrice Evra, I was born in Senegal and now I play soccer for the English Premier League and I play for the french national team as a left wing. I have done research on South Africa before going there for the world cup and I am worried going there because my ethnicity was in a terrible thing called apartheid where the white leaders where killing many of the blacks that lived in the country and that was only demolished nineteen years ago which means there can still be people in South Africa that agree with the idea of apartheid and that me and my color should all be killed or have to leave the country. I think that when I get there I should just get ready for a lot of hatred that I will expeirence not just only because of my color or ethnicithy but because the south africans want their country to win the world cup. I think that I shouldnt be jusdged because of what the color of my skin is and especially I shouldnt be forced to leave my country or else get killed for it. Now that I have reached South Africa I have found out that the idea of apartheid and racial profiling isnt as dangerous and as real as I thought it would be I am glad to be in south africa and get to play soccer and represent the country of France!

Trip to Africa

Hello, I’m Thierry Henry and I am one of the most profound strikers for the French team. On arsenals team I have heard rumors that I am the top goal scorer. I have 15 world cup goals and I am sponsored by Reebok and belong to the Pepsi "dare for more " and the Gillette "champions" programs. I have played club as well national succor, for the Juventus, Monaco, arsenal, and currently Barcelona. Born French I naturally played for their national fifa team. With my first wife and employed by arsenal I settled in Hamsted, a suburb of north London. I am used to a luxurious lifestyle of many advantages that the average European may not be accompanied to. The journey form home to South Africa is not bad I just grab a cap to London international airport, and I’m on my way to South Africa. Because of the world cup and being part of a wealthier countries team the accommodations in South Africa will be great. They will be the efficient for what I need during the cup. With my abundance salary I have a copius lifestyle at home. The world cup excites me like no other match and I hope our team can equal or exceed the effort we gave last year.

I wasn't in to soccer at all before this project. It is going to be hard to find all of this information on the French team. I've found out that the French soccer team is one of the oldest in Europe. Although they are one of the oldest, they're World Cup history isn't that great. If I were a player on the French team I wouldn't be scared about losing the World Cup. They haven't won many World Cup games and since none of the players have lost their life I don't think that is something to worry about. Since the French economy is fifth in the world, in nominal terms, they are obviously not a third world country. This must mean that a lot of the French players are very pampered. It would be nice to be one the French players because I imagine that the country takes good care of their players. Also since they want their players to do, and be, the best France will obviously make sure their players have the best equipment and coaches. Overall, people in France love to watch soccer, but the players do not need to worry about losing because nothing will happen to them. I'm sure that if the players win they will pampered for a while France has the money to do so. I think that since a lot of the population in France watches, and enjoys playing, soccer the players will be considered celebrities if they win the World Cup. Although the players will be bummed if they lose they will be ecstatic if they win.

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National Soccer team of France

I don't know that much about soccer but i am interesting in following FIFA to learn more about soccer and more about their nationality. I am really hoping that France wins FIFA and that I get a chance to talk to one of the French team's players because that would be an amazing experience. I researched the France national team and this is what I found.

FIFA was created in Paris and held its first competition in 1906 but it was not very successful. The FIFA world cup first started in 1930. FIFA has 208 member associations.The national team for France was created around 1904 which is the same time a the creation of FIFA. They played their first game against Belgium. France is sometime referred to as Les Bleus which means The Blues. The team can be also called Les Tricolores because of the teams red, white, and blue color. This is because the team has an all blue shirt that they wear. Their rival team is Italy, which first started in 1910. They are one of the leading international football teams and have competed in 18 world cups and have won two of the world cups. France really started to get good in the 1990s because of their new player named Zinedine Zidane who also had the famous head-butting incident while playing Italy. France's national stadium is called the Stade de France and it is located in Saint-Denis, which is a suburb of Paris. They play most of their major home games here.

Nathan Jacoby