Updated 28th June 1 am: The pair have made contact:

International tournaments are a time for fans from across the world to come together and support their team, mingle with other fans, and make friends with the locals.

No one does that better than the Irish. We sang, we laughed, we made friends. We definitely made an impression on the French.

Some more than others. This appeal from a French woman was shared into our facebook group searching for an Irish guy she met in Lyon. From all accounts it appears to be one of those missed encounters personals.

The majority of people who commented seemed to think it was too, but the girl intimated that nothing had gone on between the pair in her original post.


But, when it was shared in our group - someone recognised the guy in the picture that everyone was searching for. Unfortunately for him, it was his girlfriend:

All of a sudden, people didn't know what to do. What was he going to say? What happened? How was he going to get out of this, even if the French girl had suggested that nothing had gone on.

He decided to make a joke:


It didn't really go down well, but he was given a chance to explain himself:

So explain himself he did:

Then one of his friends seemed to come forward with a possible explanation:


What taxi story? We must know. The guy in question hadn't a clue what the taxi story was, so his friend came back to explain:

Of course, the comedians of Ireland were out in force:

To see more shenanigans like this, join the Balls.ie Euro 2016 Facebook Group.

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