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Paris renames metro stations to honor World Cup stars

News Desk (Agence France-Presse)
Paris, France
Tue, July 17, 2018

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Paris renames metro stations to honor World Cup stars People take pictures of a sign reading 'We have two stars' ('On a deux etoiles') at the Etoile metro station in Paris metro on July 16, 2018 one day after France won the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match. (AFP/Thomas Samson)

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ix Paris metro stations were temporarily renamed in honor of France's World Cup winning champions after their 4-2 rollercoaster victory against Croatia.

Among the changes, station Victor Hugo became "Victor Hugo Lloris", named after the team's captain and goalkeeper, whose second half mistake gave Croatia faint hopes of a late comeback.

The metro stop at Bercy has become "Bercy les Bleus", a play on words to thank the team. The station Avron has taken the name "Nous Avron Gagne", a play on the French to mean "We have won".

Charles de Gaulle-Etoile was turned into "On a 2 Etoiles", meaning "We have two stars" -- referring to the country's first World Cup win on home soil in 1998 and last night's victory in Russia.

Read also: Eiffel Tower to close for open-air World Cup broadcast

Notre-Dame des Champs has become "Notre Didier Deschamps", while Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau has been changed to "Deschamps Elysees-Clemenceau" -- both stations pay tribute to the team's coach Didier Deschamps, who was also a midfielder in the 1998 side. 

The changes represent "winks" to the team, Paris transport operator RATP said Monday.

It said the squad will use an open top double-decker electric bus to greet fans between the Place de l'Etoile, site of the Arc de Triomphe, and the Elysee Palace.

The players are expected to land at Roissy Airport on Monday afternoon and will be taken directly to the celebrations before being received by President Emmanuel Macron.

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