The French football team has chosen its home base for the European Championship which will take place from June 14 to July 14 in Germany with 24 teams.
Didier Deschamps and his group will settle in the small town of Bad Lippspringe in the center of the country, in the east of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
This municipality has only 17,000 inhabitants, almost equidistant from Düsseldorf (177 km to the West) and Hanover (141 km to the East).
The city is especially famous for its thermal springs.
It is partly for this reason that the coach and his staff chose to settle down in a very comfortable establishment but less luxurious than the establishment chosen during the 2022 World Cup in Doha.
The Blues will be accommodated at the Premier Park Hotel & Spa which still has four stars.
A delegation from the French team including Deschamps, his assistant, Guy Stéphan, Cyril Moine, the physical trainer in particular, went there last week to validate this option identified a few months ago.
One of the hotel rooms.
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Calm and greenery of the countryside
“Without being luxurious, this establishment is comfortable and offers the space necessary for harmonious communal living. With the valuable help of the Federation teams, we are going to make sure we make the place a little our own by adding a few small personalized touches
,” indicated Didier Deschamps about the 135-room complex nestled in the greenery and calm of countryside.
The rooms are comfortable but soberly decorated.
The hotel swimming pool.
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The Premier Park Hotel & Spa also has 1,500 m2 dedicated to well-being with swimming pools, spa, jacuzzi, salt cave, relaxation lounge with fireplace, as well as 12 different treatment rooms which players of the French team will be able to access. .
One of the lounges offered by the hotel.
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The Blues will use the facilities of a second division club
The Blues will not train on site but on the facilities of a German second division club, SC Paderborn, around fifteen minutes from their base camp.
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So we will have very good training conditions.
The interior spaces are perfectly adapted to our needs.
The lawn is not in perfect condition at the moment.
This is normal, given the climatic conditions.
UEFA has established specifications for all team training grounds.
There is no reason to be worried
,” rejoiced Didier Deschamps, particularly attentive to the quality of the sports complex for working.
The Paderborn club facilities where the Blues will train.
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If you had the idea of wanting to book a night in this hotel offering rooms throughout the year from around 160 euros, know that everything is fully booked.
Availability will perhaps appear at the end of the first group phase (June 25)... if the 2022 world vice-champions are forced to leave a little earlier than expected.