The French team will leave its Bap Lippspringe hotel this Sunday morning to travel to Düsseldorf, where it will play its match on Monday at the Merkur-Spiel Arena (51,000 seats). She will make the two-hour journey by bus. After the press conference in the enclosure (5 p.m.), the Tricolores will train at 6:30 p.m. in another stadium, contrary to competition habits: the Paul-Janes stadium where Fortuna (local club, today in Bundesliga 2) played matches until 2007-2008. A decision of the Organizing Committee (for all meetings) in order to preserve the lawns.
The patience of Tchouaméni
Thursday, during training, he showed a little frustration by having to leave his teammates after the common core of the warm-up to follow individual rehabilitation work, in the company of defender Ibrahima Konaté (bothered by a virus). Victim of a broken foot on May 8, Aurélien Tchouaméni resumed non-contact collective sessions this week, but does not yet have the green light for oppositions. A longer timing than expected, as he touched the ball the last week of May before the Champions League final. He should follow the entire program again next week with the hope of being able to apply for a few minutes of play against the Netherlands next Saturday and perhaps a start in the third group match on June 25 against Poland .
The wave of French supporters arrives
When they leave their hotel in Bas Lipppsringe, north of Paderborn, the French team comes across a lot of blue – white – red displayed by the host cities and, after Thursday’s public training in front of 4,000 people, around fifty are waiting daily at the exit of the Home Deluxe Arena, training venue, to try to get a gesture or a photo from a French player. In Düsseldorf, Didier Deschamps’ men will meet the country’s fans: 11,460 French people are expected in the stadium on Monday. There will be 11,124 in Leipzig on Saturday for the second match against the Netherlands and 11,205 against Poland in Dortmund for the third group match on June 25.
Zan Vipotnik, first
Twenty-four years after Euro 2000 and 22 years after the 2002 World Cup, Slovenia will relive an international competition. The men of Matjaz Kek, at the head of management since 2018, enter the fray at 6 p.m. this Sunday in Stuttgart. One of the two Girondins players present in Germany with the Georgian Zuriko Davitashvili, striker Zan Vipotnik will start on the bench. He started in the first preparation match against Armenia on June 4 (2-1) but replaced the star of the team, Benjamin Sesko (Leipzig), on June 8 against Bulgaria (2-1). Slovenians and Danes have the distinction of having met during the qualifiers, with a Danish success in Copenhagen (2-1) and a draw in Ljubjana (1-1).
Today’s match schedule
3 p.m.: Poland – Netherlands in Hamburg (group D)
6 p.m.: Slovenia – Denmark in Stuttgart (group C)
