Macron to welcome French football team at Elysee Palace

IANS  |  Paris 

French will hold a reception ceremony on Monday for the national team at his official residence to celebrate their victory against at the 2018

The group will then move along the Champs-Elysees on a bus before meeting at the Elysee Palacer.

The French and his wife Brigitte Macron, who watched final on Sunday at the in Moscow, will hold a reception ceremony in honour of the team in the gardens of their residence.

Families of the players will be invited to the ceremony along with more than 1,000 children, 300 athletes and members of the clubs for which the teammates play, according to a statement from the presidential office.

To guarantee the security of the parade on the Champs Elysees, the police announced a special deployment of 2,000 officers and armed security guards in the capital, and added that more details on the will be provided on Monday morning.

Over the weekend, authorities deployed over 4,000 security officers in the Compo de Marte area in Paris, where more than 90,000 fan gathered to watch to game, and another 12,000 officers across the capital.

beat 4-2 at the finals on Sunday. This is the second World Cup win for the French team.

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First Published: Mon, July 16 2018. 08:24 IST