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The trip to sunny Qatar in search of the long-awaited big title has turned into a major annoyance for FC Bayern.
After the 1-0 victory over Hertha BSC, they quickly left the icy Olympic Stadium and headed for the BER airport. Flight QR 7402 was scheduled to take off for Qatar at 11:15 pm Manuel Neuer was smiling from his comfortable seat aboard the machine behind his mouth and nose mask.
Thomas Müller took a quick snapshot with both thumbs up in front of the open hand luggage racks. He could have taken his time. On Saturday morning, FC Bayern Munich announced via Twitter: “FC Bayern is now more than seven hours late in take-off for the FIFA Club World Cup in Doha due to being denied the entry permit “.
Bayern did not give information on the exact reasons. There is a general ban on night flights at the BER airport. “Regular flights scheduled in the middle of the night from midnight to 5 am are excluded,” the website says.
According to “Bild”, the plane is said to be ready to take off at 11:59 pm But it did not start. Players, including David Alaba, are said to have waited at the machine. Bavaria’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was beside himself. “We feel totally ripped off by the authorities in charge of Brandenburg politics,” he told the “Bild” and scolded: “Those in charge don’t even know what they have done to our team with that.
First to Munich!
In any case, the Munich team’s plans and preparation for the next title mission were seriously affected. Because when the plane took off, it first returned to Munich. The crew had to change due to the wait in Berlin.
After the victory in good spirits, initially ten points ahead in the championship, the Munich team had left the Olympic Stadium. “It will be a good flight. This is how we envision it,” said coach Hansi Flick.
Instead of landing in sunny Qatar around Saturday morning, it started early in cold Berlin, and through Munich to Doha. The national player León Goretzka and the Spanish Javi Martínez were not on board. They were missing from the 22-man team. They were also missing in the difficult victory in Berlin. Both have to take a break due to positive tests for coronavirus. “We have to analyze it day by day,” Flick stressed. “He looks a little better with Leon, with Javi it probably won’t be enough.”
“You want to put the crown on us”
The time to get used to the place has been shortened for the Bavarians due to the delay in departure. Already on Monday they will face Al Ahly SC of Egypt as the winner of the European Champions League in the semi-finals. The final will be played on Thursday of next week. Bayern want to go there and they want to win that too. “It is the glory of the crown after the Champions League. We want to be crowned,” emphasized Müller.
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