Lehmann just wants to keep his posh hotel room
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-30 10:08 Germany want to beat
Argentina and stay in the World Cup because the players have become attached to
their five-star hotel and do not want to leave it, goalkeeper Jens Lehmann joked
on Thursday.
Germany's Jens Lehmann
makes gymnastic during a training session in Berlin June 29, 2006.
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Lehmann said the pampering they are getting at the exclusive hotel built in
an luxurious 95-year-old villa in Berlin's poshest quarter was a small but
important motivating factor.
"It's just a great hotel," Lehmann told a news conference before Friday's
quarter-final match less than five km (three miles) from Olypiastadion, a smile
flashing across his face.
"Even if we have a free day to go whereever we want, a majority of us, or
many of us anyhow, feel so comfortable at the hotel that we decide to stay
there. It's just fantastic.
"It's another reason we have to make it to the final so we can stay in
there," said Lehmann, 36.
The Schlosshotel in Grunewald, used by Hollywood stars during the Berlin Film
Festival, is one of the most expensive in Germany with suites costing up to
3,000 euros per night.
Germany play Argentina in the quarter-final in Berlin on Friday.
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