WIN OR LOSE, THEY’LL GO IN STYLE
Danish players must know the world is watching them, so they’re making regular visits to the hair stylist at their team hotel.
But no gel or mousse for goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. He’s the only player who hasn’t gone in for a trim.
Speaking of the Danes, they are eating French food but have decided not to drink the local water. They’re drinking only water, milk and juice that was brought from Denmark.
Meanwhile, Spanish Coach Javier Clemente decided to maintain a tradition of letting players drink alcoholic beverages with meals. The region of Galice, where the team is training, happily helped out by contributing 360 bottles of red wine, 240 of white, 1,000 bottles of beer and a crate of a local drink called orujo, a beverage made from local plants.
NOT A WEED IN THE BUNCH
Wanna buy some grass?
The legal kind, of course.
Two men from Toulouse are selling blades of official World Cup grass, either encased in a key chain or under a small magnifying glass that’s mounted and framed. Each comes with a certificate of authenticity, which is interesting because they are not official World Cup souvenirs.
The key chains are available for 70 francs, about $11.50, and the framed version is 120 francs, $20.
The entrepreneurs selling these special souvenirs aren’t saying how they’re getting their supply.
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
A Dutch humanitarian group, Original, has brought to France a group of 300 children from the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and they’re having the time of their lives.
Better, even, than they had expected.
Their chaperons had tried, without success, to get permission for the kids to visit a practice session of the Brazilian team. Then, the day the kids visited Euro Disneyland, whom should they bump into but the entire Brazilian team.
“We fell on them by accident. It’s unbelievable,” the group leader said.
