Irresistible fan adoration: Zidane breaks attendance records before the first match | Goal.com

Published on 01 Aug 2026 | Reading time: 1 minute

Zinedine Zidane's pulling power needs no introduction. Tickets for his first match in charge of France sold out in less than a day.

France host Italy on 2 October in the UEFA Nations League at the historic Stade de France, which holds 80,000 spectators. The national team's official accounts confirmed the tickets had gone completely.

Zidane succeeds Didier Deschamps, who led Les Bleus for 14 years. He begins a new era carrying great hopes of returning France to the summit of European and world football.

His coaching career with the national team actually kicks off on Turkish soil on 25 September, before the team travels to Belgium three days later for a second match in the same competition.

France then host Belgium again in the capital, Paris, on 5 October, where only a limited number of first-category tickets remain, according to RMC.

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