Remember to turn off the tap water when brushing your teeth. While the France team will play its last friendly preparation match against Northern Ireland this Monday at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, the Blues flew to Lille from the capital. Enough to make your teeth cringe.
25 minute journey
A decision far from being unanimous among supporters and observers. And for good reason, only 274 kilometers separate Clairefontaine from the usual lair of LOSC. On average a journey between Paris and Lille takes 1 hour 03 minutes by train, 3 hours by bus compared to 25 minutes by plane. The Blues therefore left Orly airport this Sunday morning at 11:10 a.m. to land in Lille at 11:35 a.m. En 2022, la question s’était déjà posée when the Tricolores flew to Lille from Paris to face South Africa before the World Cup. Faced with controversies, the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, then assured in October 2023 that measures were going to be taken by systematizing train transport  for journeys of less than three hours ». An announcement on which the president of the 3 had revertedF from the following gathering by reinstating air travel, officially for reasons of security and recovery.
Awareness won’t happen right away.
Northern Ireland coach compares France of 2026 to Germany of 2016
