Stade de France gets new pitch for Champions League final
The HinduNamed as the venue for this weekend's Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid after Saint-Petersburg was stripped of the game, the Stade de France has been hurriedly getting ready for the event with a new pitch being laid. The grass for the new surface was grown in Spain, near Barcelona, before being transported to the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis just north of Paris, and installed in 48 hours all in time for Saturday's Champions League showpiece. The lack of time between that concert and the final meant having to lay the new pitch in just 48 hours rather than taking the usual five days. It will remain as the stadium hosts two France matches in the UEFA Nations League in June, before it hosts the final of France's Top 14 rugby season.
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