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JULY 2024

Hamburg.

Hamburg for the Euros, dressed as France for the quarter-final.

In July 2024 I went to Hamburg with friends for the European Championship. Our match was the quarter-final at the Volksparkstadion: Portugal against France.

We went as France, in berets and painted cheeks with garlic round our necks. It finished goalless, and France went through on penalties.

Param in a black beret and French face paint grinning under the stand at the Volksparkstadion with three friends in costume, a Volkspark graffiti wall behind
Under the stand at the Volksparkstadion, all four of us in costume.
Param in round mirrored sunglasses and a France scarf smiling between two friends holding beers on a sunlit forecourt
The forecourt in the afternoon sun, beers in hand.
Param holding up a French flag with three friends in berets and garlic necklaces in front of the Volksparkstadion
Outside the Volksparkstadion, the flag up.
Param cheering in a beret and face paint, wrapped in a French flag, between two friends in the grounds outside the stadium
The stadium grounds before kick-off.
Param and a friend in berets and garlic necklaces standing in the upper stand, the floodlit pitch and crowd far below
The upper stand, the pitch under the lights below us.
Param seated in the stand with two friends in red berets and painted moustaches, all three in garlic necklaces
Late in the night, no goals, the garlic still on.