The French football team landed in Provence at lunchtime. Arrival by private plane in Marignane. Direction Marseille by red bus to the 4-star hotel “Golden Tulip Villa Massalia”, at the Escale Borély, with a view of the racecourse. Villa Massalia had already hosted the Blues at Euro 2016. The reception manager told us laughing that “There is a bit of activity in the hotel at the moment”. For the rest, top secret. Not so secret as that, since obviously the information has leaked: the Deschamps gang was able to count on a handful of supporterskept at a safe distance, behind barriers.
The Pogba show
The Blues already seem at ease in the Marseille city. Paul Pogba barely arrived in his room goes to his balcony and films himself on the Instagram network. He makes the show during an improvised chat with Hugo Lloris who also takes the air on his balcony. Paul Pogba, chief ambianceur, native of Seine-et-Marne, takes on the Marseille accent. Irresistible.
“La Pioche” validates Marseille. He also had to validate the lawn of the Vélodrome, at 6:30 p.m. during the first training session for the Blues. Ivory Coast trained two hours earlier.
– Instagram snap
– Instagram snap