The night Paris Saint-Germain reached their second straight Champions League final, I biked through the happy chaos of Paris, and realised, with surprise: this has become a football city. I’d watched PSG’s semi-final against Bayern Munich at a friend’s flat, and cycling back along the river, I dodged honking cars and dancing fans waving club flags. As usual in Paris, celebrations doubled as a riot: police made 127 arrests. I fell asleep to the bang of fireworks.
在巴黎圣日耳曼(Paris Saint-Germain)连续第二年打进欧洲冠军联赛(Champions League)决赛的那个夜晚,我骑车穿行在欢乐而混乱的巴黎街头,惊讶地意识到:这里已经成了一座足球之城。我是在朋友的公寓里看完巴黎圣日耳曼对阵拜仁慕尼黑(Bayern Munich)的半决赛,沿着河边骑车回家时,一路躲避鸣笛的汽车和挥舞着俱乐部旗帜载歌载舞的球迷。像在巴黎一贯那样,庆祝活动也兼具骚乱的味道:警方逮捕了127人。我在鞭炮声中入睡。