In the wake of the Espoirs and the French women’s team, Didier Deschamps’ Blues will now take the train for their trips of less than three hours. The FFF announced it on Thursday.
It’s a small revolution which was revealed this Thursday on the side of the France A team. Until now, Didier Deschamps’ men traveled by plane when they were leaving Paris to play a match in province. From now on, and from March 2024, the Blues will travel by train. So decided the president of the French Football Federation, who announced it this Thursday.
On the sidelines of Hervé Renard’s press conference which today revealed the French group selected for the next two Women’s Nations League matches, Philippe Diallo spoke about this big change planned for Didier Deschamps’ A. In comments reported by RMC, the manager explained his approach. “ With Didier Deschamps, we began to study the train travel of our France A team, during the matches it will play in March, in Lyon, to ensure that it (…) highlights a transition policy ecological that we carry.“
Safety first
And if the FFF prefers to wait until next March, it is in particular to have time to put in place all the necessary logistics around the Blues, particularly from a security point of view. “ There are security questions and questions relating to the comfort of other passengers, confirmed the head of the Federation. If we put the French team tomorrow at Lyon station, it is possible that there will be crowds and that the trains will not leave on time. » Philippe Diallo will therefore continue his implementation work, alongside Didier Deschamps, the FFF, SNCF officials and public authorities.
