Sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right (or wrong) time.
For me, it was my Twitter feed following France’s 4-2 victory over Croatia in Sunday’s World Cup Final, because I follow fellow Buffalo-based media guy Matt Bove.
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For Matt, it’s being in France as a tourist as Les Bleus won the World Cup trophy. In fact, things were getting wild even before the match reached its conclusion.
Paris is insane right now. Smoke bombs, fireworks and restaurants are bringing all their tables inside as they prepare for potential post game riots
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) July 15, 2018
Eiffel Tower Park is closed. We ended up here for a bit and this is totally fine 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/LOoA6nTckH
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) July 15, 2018
The streets are full. Fans are riding ATVs down the streets, smoke bombs and fireworks everywhere. Nonstop chants. It’s amazing and admittedly, very intense
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) July 15, 2018
Cars are being flipped. pic.twitter.com/aZcwsYa9Wd
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) July 15, 2018
Somebody used a street sign to break a pharmacy window. pic.twitter.com/NHcoxR1p5O
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) July 15, 2018
