Germany build their own World Cup hotel and training complex in Brazil

dholliday · December 14, 2013

Now that's preparation! Will Germany be the first European Nation to win a World Cup in the Americas?

We can only hope.

England, having a rich FA, might also try something similar?

On the other side of the coin, there's a debate to be had about whether it's fair that Germany can afford to do this, while many other nations can't.

Germany are building their own World Cup hotel and training base near Porto Seguro, north of Rio de Janeiro.

"We saw at the previous World Cup in 2010 that short distances between team headquarters, training pitches and media centre are crucial for everyone involved," the team manager Oliver Bierhoff said.

The "Campo Bahia", as their headquarters will be known, consists of 65 rooms still under construction with a what the DFB said was a "village atmosphere" and well away from the crowded metropolitan areas of Sao Paolo and Rio. It is to be completed by March.

The location is also 45 minutes from the Port Seguro airport which Germany will use for their group matches to cities within two hours' flying time. "It was important for us to minimise any travel fatigue because of the size of the country and the great distances between cities," Bierhoff said.

The Germans have been drawn in Group G and face Portugal in Salvador on 16 June before travelling to Fortaleza to face Ghana on 21 June and finishing off in Recife against USA five days later.