Berlin, Germany /
The participation of the Bayern Munich in the Club World Cup did not boot in the best way since they were stranded for more than seven hours at Berlin airport, When and ready to take off course a Qatar for this Monday’s semifinal.
After their 1-0 win on Friday at the Bundesliga against the Hertha Berlin, The team planned to take off that night from the German capital, to get Doha six and a half hours later on a direct flight.
But the tuning of the aircraft led to a delay and takeoff was not authorized of the aircraft to comply with a flight ban between midnight and 7 p.m.
“We have the impression that the competent authorities have horned us. Those responsible have no idea what they have done to our team, “he said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Leader of the Bavarian giant, quoted by the newspaper Bild.
The players of the Bayern will play on Monday the second semifinal of the Club World Cup in front of the Al-Ahly Egyptian, and after that match awaits them the final or the clash for third place on Thursday, before returning to Germany to play on February 15 at home against the Arminia Bielefeld in the German league.
The delegation of the Bayern had boarded the plane Friday night, for a scheduled takeoff at 11:15 p.m. The company’s plane Qatar Airlines was subjected to thawing work due to snowfall over the German capital, but was prepared to take off at 11:59 p.m., Bild explains.
Air traffic control rejected takeoff, arguing that the time limit had been exceeded by 30 seconds, According to the newspaper.
The German expedition finally took off a few minutes before 7 p.m., But the device had to scale to Munich to change the crew. He finally left at 9:15 a.m., for a flight of about six hours.