The draw for the Euro 2024 groups has lifted the veil on the opponents of the Blues who, in Group D, will have to get rid of the Netherlands, Austria and a third thief (Poland, Pays de Wales, Finland or Estonia) to go further.
Didier Deschamps’ men, obviously favorites, also see more clearly the geographical area of the stadiums concerned by their matches, namely Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Dortmund where they will play their first three matches, respectively on June 17, 21 and 25.
With these elements, the federal staff can finally decide on the base camp and according to an internal source at UEFA the choice of the vice-world champions should fall on the Best Western hotel in Bad Lippspringe in the east of the state. of North Rhine-Westphalia in the district of Paderborn. An establishment with more than 130 rooms and swimming pool.
This hotel, both sumptuous and modest, present in the package proposed in the UEFA catalog, corresponds to the expectations described by Guy Stéphan. “It has to be a comfortable hotel without it being luxurious, with a quality training ground fairly close, 10 minutes, a quarter of an hour maximum, with a good lawn,” explained the first deputy of Didier Deschamps, this Saturday at the Elb Philharmonic, in Hamburg where the draw took place.
Training on the Paderborn club grounds
While passing through the mixed zone, the coach’s trusted man recalled the importance of a calm, peaceful setting, where the Blues could feel at home, as was the case in 2018 in Russia, for example, for the success we know.
The establishment has already been supervised by Mohamed Sanhadji, liaison and security officer attached to the French team and Philippe Brochérieux, the administrative manager, who took the file in hand to reach a rapid decision which will make it possible to plan ahead. more concretely on the necessary arrangements between now and the competition.
Still according to our information, the hotel with an upper floor would be 100% privatized by the French team which would, moreover, train just a few kilometers away on the grounds of the Paderborn club which plays in the German second division.
Better, if this choice were confirmed as is the very clear trend, the Blues could stay there until the end of the competition. Here again, a significant asset for DD and his gang in the quest for capital tranquility during major events which they had not been able to enjoy two years earlier between the health crisis and the multiple trips of a country to the other.
