Squad gather on Monday then leave for Australia 17 days before their first game, and taking remote bases there may also not be a benefit
On Tuesday 4 June 2019 the plane carrying the England football squad to the Women’s World Cup in France descended low over the Côte d’Azur and seemed to skim across the Mediterranean.
It was on final approach to the spit of reclaimed land cantilevered above the sea that serves as the runaway at Nice airport and the water beneath its wings shimmered in the early evening sun.
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