This was one of the most dangerous AiT 'Sneaking In' missions so far. I probably wouldn't have bothered going at all if I'd realised that the city of Strasbourg also has a team called FC Kronenbourg, I'd have been all over that tinpot/beer cross in a gaelic shrug of the shoulders. Any jokes about them playing a 1-6-6-4 formation will be instantly deleted.
First, some facts which have been copy and pasted from Wikipedia, then altered slightly to give the impression of some element of research.
- When permission to build the stadium was given the land was in Germany. The land, like the rest of Strasbourg, is now in Le France.
- U2 played here in 1993 supported by The Velvet Underground.
- One of the first bicycle kicks was scored in this stadium, by the Brazilian Leonidas, during the 1938 World Cup.
- The stadium is fully rectangular
- Pope John Paul II played here in 1988 supported by Father Dougal McGuire.

Hmmm.....a giant amoeba-like alien that terrorizes the small community of Strasbourg eh? Let me get Steve McQueen on the blower - he can play the lead, and as for a director, any quibbles with Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth?
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