The Four Seasons hotel opposite Boston’s Public Garden is starting to feel like home to the French team. World Cup squads traditionally prefer calmer locations, but players nowadays have different tastes, French football federation president Philippe Diallo told me on Saturday. With the team scattered for a day of family time, Diallo talks over morning coffee in a dining room empty but for a hefty Boston cop, part of France’s security team, grabbing a late breakfast.
位于波士顿公共花园对面的四季酒店(Four Seasons),眼下对法国队来说正越来越有“主场”之感。世界杯球队一向偏爱清静的下榻地点,但现在球员们的喜好已不一样了,法国足球联合会主席菲利普•迪亚洛(Philippe Diallo)周六对我表示。当天球队放假与家人团聚,迪亚洛在一间几乎空无一人的餐厅里,一边喝着早咖啡一边聊天;房内除了他,只剩下法国队安保团队中的一名身形魁梧的波士顿警察在吃稍晚的早餐。