Terminus, everyone Deschamps! No way for Line 1 users to set foot at the “Argentina” station this Sunday morning. Not today, not when, in a few hours in Doha, the Blues will cross swords with the Albiceleste in the final of the World Cup to find out which of the two teams will have the privilege of hanging a third star on their jersey.
Accustomed to occasionally renaming its stations for small communication operations, the RATP once again jumped at the chance and showed its support for Les Bleus by renaming its “Argentina” station to “France” station. Along the quays and the station, the word “Argentina” has thus been replaced here and there by the words “France” or “Allez les Bleus!” “With, in subtitle, “Final of the World Cup 2022” or “Argentina-France”. Enough to keep Argentina docked?
In 2018 after the crowning of the band to Didier Deschamps, the RATP had already distinguished itself by renaming a handful of stations to pay tribute to the heroes of the second star. “We Avron won”, “Charles de Gaulle – We have 2 stars”, “Victor Hugo Lloris”, “Bercy Les Bleus”… hoping that the RATP has not misplaced these panels, if it were to have any need monday.