Another stadium named after France coach Deschamps
Thursday - September 13, 2018 1:42 pm ,
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Another stadium named after France coach Deschamps
Paris Sep 13 (IANS) France head coach Didier Deschamps has got a second stadium named after him following the triumph at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the national football team.
Deschamps already had one stadium named after him in his hometown Bayonne reports Xinhua news agency.
Stade Marquet in Cap d Ail southern France adjacent to Ligue 1 club Monaco s home Stade Louis II was renamed Stade Didier Deschamps following Wednesday s ceremony attended by Deschamps Prince Albert II of Monaco and nearly 500 people.
Deschamps felt it is "a huge honour" for himself and his family.
Two decades after winning the World Cup with France as a player Deschamps guided the team to glory again this summer in Russia.
--IANS ajb/bg
Deschamps already had one stadium named after him in his hometown Bayonne reports Xinhua news agency.
Stade Marquet in Cap d Ail southern France adjacent to Ligue 1 club Monaco s home Stade Louis II was renamed Stade Didier Deschamps following Wednesday s ceremony attended by Deschamps Prince Albert II of Monaco and nearly 500 people.
Deschamps felt it is "a huge honour" for himself and his family.
Two decades after winning the World Cup with France as a player Deschamps guided the team to glory again this summer in Russia.
--IANS ajb/bg
