Paris set for Liverpool fan invasion as Stade de France hosts Champions League final

The match between Liverpool and Real Madrid was originally scheduled to be played in Saint Petersburg but the French capital stepped in when UEFA stripped the Russian city of the match following the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.

The Stade de France was made over with a new pitch for the occasion, FRANCE 24's Carys Garland reports. Twenty-four refrigerated trucks brought the hybrid turf in from Spain for Saturday's match. The pitch was then laid over the course of 48 hours.