Practical information before the French U20 team's match against Italy at Raoul-Barrière

Plus de 13 000 personnes sont attendues à Raoul-Barrière ce vendredi 23 février. Midi Libre – LAURENT FRANCOIS

Ce vendredi 23 février, à 21 h, au stade Raoul-Barrière de Béziers, l'équipe de France U20 reçoit l'Italie. Voici tout ce qu'il faut savoir avant de se rendre sur place.

Victorious in Scotland two weeks ago, the French U20 team hosts Italy this Friday, February 23, at 9 p.m., at the Raoul-Barrière stadium. Beaten at home by the Irish, there is no doubt that the young Tricolores will want to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd against the Italians. Transalpines who, despite their two defeats, still held on to these same Irish by only failing by one point (23-22), during the second day of the VI Nations U20 Tournament.

The ticket office open

Practical side, the ticket officeis still open on the FFR website at the address   next: https://billetterie.ffr.fr/fr/meeting/41. Depending on how busy the site is, the wait can be more or less long. Three days before the match, 11,755 tickets have been sold, more than 13,000 people are expected . The same evening, ticket offices will be open from 7 p.m. to purchase seats in the front stand.

Concerning access to the stadium, Avenue des Olympiades will be reserved for people with access to the stadium. a pass. For the general public, car parks P2, P3 and P4, around the stadium, with around 800 spaces, will be open. The P1 will only be accessible to people who have planned their journey on the FFR carpooling application available at this address: https://covoiturage.ffr.fr/. There will be a parking space for bicycles in parking lot P4.

entertainments are also planned during the evening. As during the ASBH matches, the Banda Mescladis will be responsible for "setting fire" in the stands. The Béziers group "Non stop" will host the pre-match (from 7 p.m.) and post-match as well as half-time. A raffle will be organized with a French team jersey to be won.

For the catering, five food trucks will be present in addition to the usual refreshment bars which are located around the stadium. On the latter, payment will only be made from "drops", tokens which will be available at points of sale at the stadium.