That match had been due to take place in Brussels, where police have carried out raids in the wake of the Paris attacks. вЂњWe see the game as a show of solidarity and we see it also as a show of defiance.вЂќДЄ friendly match between hosts Germany and Netherlands in Hanover was called off less than two hours before its start on Tuesday for fear of a bomb attack while a tie between Belgium and Spain was postponed for security reasons. вЂњThe French team and the French Federation were very keen that the game should go ahead just to make certain that the terrorists donвЂ™t win,вЂќ he told broadcaster ITV before the match. вЂњWe are not scared,вЂќ said Lavaud, who had draped a French flag around his neck and had been at the Stade de France on FridayВ (13 November) for the friendly with Germany.Д®xplosions at that match between France and Germany on Friday signalled the beginning of the worst attack on Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings.Д®ngland manager Roy Hodgson said the warm welcome for the French team, who have generally had the upper hand over England in recent years, was designed to show how appalled they were with the events in Paris.

вЂњSeeing Wembley in blue, white and red gives me goose pimples,вЂќ said Eric Lavaud, a 55-year-old France supporter. Later, supporters from both sides waved the French tricolour, some with posters readingВ вЂњPray for ParisвЂќ. In an impassioned display of support for France after the killing of 129 people in Paris, 71,000 fans applauded at the opening of the match as the two teams ignored the etiquette of standing apart to mingle into a single line, their arms draped around each otherвЂ™s shoulders.ДЇans observed a minute of silence for the fallen. English football fans saluted France on Tuesday (17 November) by roaring out the вЂMarseillaiseвЂ™ national anthem at a friendly match watched by British politicians and royalty in a show of solidarity just days after Islamic State militants struck Paris.ДЄs armed police looked on, David Cameron, Prince William and London Mayor Boris Johnson joined England fans in an emotional rendition of the French anthem at Wembley Stadium which was lit up in the blue, white and red of the French flag.

Salute french