Danish leader furious over training plans at European Championship

Denmark is gearing up for its European Championship premiere against Slovenia on Sunday. Then the Danish national team manager, Christian Norkjær, rages against the condition of the training pitches. It has taken a lot of energy, he says to NTB.

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Denmark is gearing up for its European Championship debut against Slovenia on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Danish national team manager, Christian Norkjær, is furious about the state of the training pitches.

It has taken a lot of energy, he tells NTB.

Denmark has arrived at its base camp in German Freudenstadt for the summer's football European Championship.

But upon arrival, not everything was as expected.

The Danish national team manager, Christian Norkjær, is now directing strong criticism at the organisers after the state of the training pitch proved to be subpar.

It's a European Championship, after all, and it's completely incomprehensible that we still have to stand here and talk about this, he says to NTB and continues:

We've done what we could, and actually more than that, because it's UEFA's and the German organisers' responsibility.

The grass on the pitch was newly laid for the European Championship, but it has not lived up to the expected standard. Norkjær does, however, report that the players themselves testify that the pitch is at least good enough to use.

The players say it's not as bad as they had expected. That in itself is, of course, not a good enough assessment, but it's at least better than if they had said it was too bad to even use.

The Danes are not alone in complaining about the subpar conditions.

Switzerland has also, according to Swiss media, submitted a complaint about the poor state of their training pitch in Stuttgart.

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