Party on Montreal streets following France’s World Cup win over Croatia
MONTREAL — Elated French fans burst out of bars and into the streets of Montreal on Sunday, as a celebration of their soccer team’s World Cup victory turned into an joyful dance party.
Police moved quickly to close off several blocks of St-Laurent Boulevard to cars as hundreds of fans, many draped in French flags and sporting red, white and blue face paint, danced in the streets to celebrate France’s 4-2 victory over Croatia.
An overturned garbage can was turned into an impromptu drum and a white Volkswagen Golf — doors open and radio blaring — became a boom box, as fans spilled out of bar L’Barouf in the Plateau-Mont Royal neighbourhood, which was draped with a two-storey-tall French flag for the occasion.
One fan fired red, white and blue smoke into the air, which quickly engulfed the ecstatic, sweaty crowd.