Promises only bind those who receive them.
This sentence from Jacques Chirac, pronounced in 1988, remains perfectly relevant today.
On October 19, Philippe Diallo, president of the French Football Federation, confidently put forward the idea of seeing all the selections, and in particular the Blues of Didier Deschamps, travel by train for journeys of less than three hours.
This will not be the case in March for the A's. And it is still far from being assured for the June gathering.
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However, on Saturday, the world vice-champions will host Germany at Décines in the Lyon suburbs, before welcoming Chile to Marseille on Tuesday.
By TGV, the Paris-Lyon trip takes less than two hours (1 hour 57 minutes) and Lyon-Marseille also (1 hour 48 minutes).
It was a great opportunity to set an example.
Missed.
The Blues will travel by plane during this international sequence, for journeys which will not exceed 45 minutes of flight time.
The prospect of taking the train in June, with matches…
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