European Championship tournament director Lahm takes criticism of infrastructure seriously

Tournament director Philipp Lahm takes the criticism of the infrastructure at the European Football Championship from Germany and abroad seriously. "I think we have failed to work a little on the infrastructure as a whole as Germany in recent decades," said Lahm on Monday in Leipzig. At the same time, he promised improvement for the many fans: "We are in contact with Deutsche Bahn, they will continue to do everything they can to ensure that people really do get from A to B on time. But this is not a problem that is occurring now, during the tournament. They should have worked on it long beforehand," said the 40-year-old.

He himself had a bad experience when he didn't make it to the Düsseldorf stadium in time for the kick-off of the European Championship match between Ukraine and Slovakia (2:1). "Overall, I've been traveling by train for ten days now and I've been very, very punctual for most things. Of course I had a delay, which is certainly annoying and especially for fans who take long journeys, who spend money, a lot of money on it," said Lahm.