The return of the legendary Zinedine Zidane to the coaching bench of the French national team has caused a real sensation. Fans of the "tricolours" demonstrated incredible hype: all tickets for the team's first home match under the new coach were sold out in less than a day.
Historic sell-out at the Stade de France
Ticket sales for the home match of the third round of the Nations League against the Italian national team started on July 31 at 14:00 local time. Already the next day, the press service of the French national team announced that resources were completely exhausted: all 80,000 seats at the Parisian arena "Stade de France" found their owners in a matter of hours. Such a sales pace became a vivid testimony to the fans' trust in the new coach.
Debut calendar and contract until 2030
It is important to note that Zidane's official debut at the helm of the national team will take place a week earlier than the planned home match. The match will be held on September 25 in Istanbul, where the French will play an away match against Turkey. As for the match against the Italians, which caused the ticket hype, it is scheduled for October 2.
At the end of July, the 54-year-old specialist signed a four-year agreement with the French Football Federation. The contract is calculated until the end of the 2030 World Cup. Zidane replaced Didier Deschamps in this position, who led the national team for 14 years and left his post after the 2026 World Cup.
The return of a legend
For Zinedine Zidane, the appointment to the French national team became his first place of work since May 2021. It was then that he left Real Madrid, with whom he won the Champions League three times in a row. Now all of football Europe is eagerly waiting to see how the legend will realize his potential in a new field.
