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France's Euro 2020 qualifier with Albania delayed after wrong national anthem played

France's Euro 2020 qualifier with Albania was delayed following a bizarre mix-up with the visitors' national anthem at the Stade de France.

Saturday's match was set to kick-off at 8:45pm local time in Paris, only for kick-off to be briefly put back when the wrong anthem was played over the stadium tannoy.

Instead of Albania's national song, the anthem of Group H rivals Andorra was aired, much to the frustration of the visiting players and coaching staff, who refused to start proceedings.

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As players looked around with confused looks on their faces, the visiting Albania fans made obscene gestures to protest the farcical scenes.