World Cup 2018: Paris Metro stations renamed in celebration of World Cup win

The six stations were renamed on Monday morning
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Olivia Tobin16 July 2018

Six Paris Metro station have been renamed in honour of the French football team's World Cup victory.

The new names, including Deschamps Elysées – Clémenceau in honour of the team's coach, were unveiled the morning after the team beat Croatia 4-2 in a nail-biting final on Sunday .

In a statement, Paris's transport company RATB said: “After the success of the French football team against Croatia in the final of the 2018 Football World Cup on Sunday, the RATP group wanted to continue its support for the Blues by celebrating this victory with them, and with all of [the] travellers.”

Stations to be renamed included Avron, which when translated became ‘We Avron Won’.

Charles de Gaulle, when translated, was also named in tribute to the country’s second win, reading in English: "We have two stars."

The Victor Hugo stop was turned into Victor Hugo Lloris, after the team's goalkeeper, Bercy was renamed ‘Bercy the Blues’ and Notre-Dame des Champs was called ‘Notre Didier Deschamps’, in honour of the team’s manager.

The Champs Elysées-Clémenceau paid tribute to the coach, as it was renamed Deschamps Elysées – Clémenceau.

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As well as renaming stations, football fans in France also have the official welcoming parade to look forward to.

The parade is scheduled to take place Monday afternoon and several stations in the city will be closed to accommodate the celebrations.​

The French capital is not the only major city to rename stations to celebrate the World Cup as one of London’s own stations was renamed.

Hero's welcome: Southgate Tube station as been renamed after Gareth Southgate
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Southgate Tube station, in north London, will be named Gareth Southgate after England’s hero World Cup manager for two days.

The special renaming by TfL and Visa came after the England squad landed at Birmingham Airport yesterday ahead of the final.

Sundeep Kaur, Head of UK and Ireland Merchant Services at Visa, said: “Gareth and his team are back after doing a fantastic job in Russia and making the whole country proud. We’re really excited to be able to celebrate their collective success alongside TfL.

Fans celebrated in the centre of Paris
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“Visa has a long and successful relationship with TfL, including working together to introduce contactless payments across the entire network. It’s fantastic that through this collaboration, we have been able to make a small gesture to demonstrate the nation’s pride and support for Gareth and his team. Thanks, guys, you’ve made us all very proud.”

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