FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Round of 32 First Leg - Krasnodar v Bayer Leverkusen - Krasnodar Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia - February 14, 2019 General view of players from both teams and fans observing a minute's silence in memory of Emiliano Sala before the match REUTERS/Sergei Pivovarov
PARIS (Reuters) - Nantes will drop their usual green and yellow colours for Argentina's blue and white-striped "Albiceleste" strip to pay tribute to their former player Emiliano Sala when they host Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Nantes made the announcement on Tuesday, one year on from Sala's death in a plane crash while travelling to Cardiff to join the then Premier League club from the French side.
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