Prince Albert of Monaco and France coach Didier Deschamps were at the Stade Louis II for the principality club’s Ligue 1 game against Toulouse on Friday despite the match being played behind closed doors.
Deschamps, who coached Monaco during their run to the Champions League final in 2004, confirmed to AFP that he was there on official duty as France coach, as he prepares to name his squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers in Georgia and Belarus.
Meanwhile, Prince Albert watched the match from his private box, while Monaco’s Russian owner Dmitriy Rybolovlev was also in attendance.
French football authorities ordered that the match be played without paying spectators as a punishment for incidents at the end of Monaco’s last home game of last season, when fans set off flares and invaded the pitch.
One fan also attacked the referee in the incident, which came after Monaco secured promotion back to the top flight.
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