The players of the France team, who begin their Euro 2024 this Monday against Austria (9 p.m.), will be able to count on the support of their loved ones. The families of the Blues will be present alongside them from the start of the competition in Germany.
As they begin their Euro 2024 against Austria, this Monday in Düsseldorf (9 p.m.), the Blues will be able to count on the support of their loved one. The families of the players of the France team will be present on time in Germany from the start of the group stage. One way to prevent Didier Deschamps’ men from spending a large part of their time hanging on the phone, especially on match days.
Philippe Diallo, the president of the French Football Federation, understands that this is a real issue with issues. At the end of the preparation, the ticket office manager presented the FFF travel policy for players’ families. For each match, Kylian Mbappé’s teammates will have invitations. The federation blocked rooms in hotels on the eve of matches, ahead of the competition (since last winter), at reasonable prices for the players’ guests. The FFF would resell these nights at cost to families. Players will be free to order additional seats if they wish. The federation will ensure that their guests are grouped together. On match days, the body will welcome everyone for an afternoon snack in a hotel and take families to the stadium.
A plane chartered by the FFF for the match against Poland
This organization will apply for the first two matches of the Blues at Euro 2024 (this Monday against Austria and Friday against the Netherlands). For the third match (June 25 against Poland in Dortmund), in addition to this system, because the meeting will take place at 6 p.m., the family trip is planned. A plane will be chartered by the FFF and will arrive in Paderborn. Families will take a bus to Dortmund and then return to Paderborn at base camp. They will stay there for a day and a half. The FFF has contacted the services of a travel agency capable of finding a train or plane ticket for agents and other player representatives.
A family trip had already been organized during previous World Cups, in 2014 in Brazil then in 2018 in Russia. But a breaking point occurred during Euro 2021: the DG of the FFF at the time explained to the France group that it was impossible to take family trips because of the Covid pandemic. The Blues end up accepting this speech. But a few days later, some people discovered with astonishment on Instagram that in reality other delegations, such as Belgium or Italy, had brought their loved ones. During the 2022 World Cup, the FFF did not want to reproduce this error. Finally, the family trip took place in Qatar. The players had taken care of the stays of the staff’s families.
