England have touched down in France ahead of Saturdays Euro 2016 opener against Russia. Roy Hodgsons squad arrived in Paris at Le Bourget airport on Monday afternoon after jetting off from Luton Airport. Sky Sports Euro 2016 predictor Make your predictions with our interactive wall chart here. England dropped their bags off at their hotel, where they were greeted by the Mayor of Chantilly - and a three-strong brass band dressed in red hunting uniforms - before heading to their training base at the Stade des Bourgognes. Hodgson was the first to emerge from the bus, before captain Wayne Rooney led out his fellow team-mates and the England manager admitted it was a relief to finally arrive for the tournament. Englands luxury hotel - the Auberge du Jeu de Paume in Chantilly Its what weve been looking forward to for such a long time, Hodgson told the UEFA website.We qualified quite early so weve had our minds on this moment for a long time and its just great to be here.It will be a very good tournament with a lot of good teams taking part. We are relaxed and we think we are in decent form and just hoping we can show that on the field. England manager Roy Hodgson arriving at the team hotel in Chantilly Local amateur side US Chantilly have handed their training base to England during their stay in France and the specially-developed surface is a synthetically reinforced pipe and slit drained pitch.England will have their first training session in France behind closed doors this afternoon before returning to take up residence at the Auberge du Jeu de Paume hotel. Andy Burton talks us through Englands plans in France The five-star hotel is located in Chantilly - just half a mile from the Stade des Bourgognes - and it will be the base for the squad during their stay in France.The Mayor of Chantilly, Eric Woerth, was on hand to welcome the squad to the town and revealed England could not have picked a better place to set up camp. Hodgson and his captain Wayne Rooney boarding at Luton Airport I gave the city medal to the coach and the captain and also a book, in English, telling the story of Chantilly, said Woerth.It is a very English story. The horses and trainers came here from England in the 19th century and the relationship was built.There is no better place for them to be. This is a small part of England in France. Roy Hodgson and Gary Cahill speak to Sky Sports News after arriving in France ahead of Euro 2016 England are expected to spend their first evening in France either in the hotel or familiarising themselves with their surroundings in the historic town. England will then have their second training session on Tuesday, live in front of the Sky Sports News HQ cameras. Get Euro 2016 Alerts Breaking news from Euro 2016, direct to your mobile England will take on Russia at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille this Saturday before facing Wales on June 16 in Lens and then Slovakia four days later in Saint-Etienne. Also See: Pick Englands defence Euros 2016 build-up LIVE Milner: First game crucial Hodgson: Cheating not English Chipper Jones Jersey . - After spending the morning in the hospital, Logan Couture gave the San Jose Sharks the spark they needed. Deion Sanders Jersey . Berkman almost left the game last off-season before signing with the Texas Rangers. 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Gabon and 2013 finalist Burkina Faso are the other teams in Group A and also meet on the first day.Group B has 2012 champion Zambia, Tunisia, Cape Verde and Congo.Group C will surely be the hardest of the four. It brings together two former World Cup quarterfinalists in Ghana and Senegal, top-ranked African side Algeria and former Cup of Nations winner South Africa, which was unbeaten in the final round of qualifiers to help eliminate defending champion Nigeria.Star-studded Ivory Coast and four-time champion Cameroon will renew their rivalry in Group D at the finals after they were in the same group in qualifying. They were joined by Mali, a semifinalist and the third-place team at the last two Cup of Nations.The draw for the 2015 Cup of Nations was held in the Equatorial Guinea capital of Malabo after the central African country replaced Morocco as host at short notice. Morocco had requested a postponement of the championship because of the West African Ebola outbreak. Organizers the Confederation of African Football refused and announced last month they were moving the Jan. 17-Feb. 8 cup to Equatorial Guinea.On Wednesday, CAF Presidentt Issa Hayatou thanked Equatorial Guinea for stepping in just two months ahead of kickoff to rescue the continents showpiece soccer event.ddddddddddddCAF will never forget this gesture by Equatorial Guinea, Hayatou said at the draw ceremony before passing the golden Cup of Nations trophy to Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema.But the focus now will be on the state of the oil-rich nations preparations after no other country appeared willing to step in as host, apparently forcing CAF to go with its only option.Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the African Cup with Gabon in 2012 and will use existing facilities in two of the four host cities for 2015; the capital Malabo and Bata, the largest city. However, it plans this time to also hold games in the more remote cities of Mongomo and Ebebiyin, where it is rushing to complete new stadiums in time for the start, which is around six weeks away.This week, a government delegation expressed concerns over delays to stadium construction work in the far eastern cities of Mongomo and Ebebiyin, according to the government news agency. CAF has not released details on the size or readiness of the planned stadiums in those two cities.Group C games will be in Mongomo, with Ghana opening against Senegal and South Africa playing Algeria in the first round.Ivory Coast starts its quest for a long-awaited first title since 1992 against Guinea, while Cameroon plays Mali. In Group B, Zambia faces Congo and Tunisia plays Cape Verde first. 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