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EURO 2016: focus on Lens

2016-05-10 11:59:00 from:SNTV

The smallest of Euro 2016's host cities is Lens - with the 44,000 capacity Bollaert-Dellelis stadium in a city of just 40,000 inhabitants.

Welcome to Lens - the smallest of Euro 2016's host cities.

The Stade Bollaert-Delelis sits proudly in the city and is home to Racing Club de Lens who play their football in the French Ligue 2.

The ground holds 44,000 people, that's greater than the city's population of 40,000.

Guillaume Bouisset is he stadium manager, and is ready to give fans a warm welcome.

SOUNDBITE: (French) Guillaume Bouisset, Stade Bollaert-Delelis manager: "That's the way the region is. It's about the welcome, it's human warmth.
People gather together and like being together. And it's been the same for football."

Lens will host four games at the tournament - including the massive clash between England and Wales on June 16th.

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