Shar’s troops escaped from St. Petersburg in only the third attempt Euroleague

Barça players, coaches and staff expected to be kicked out of Russia right after the fourth failed battle of the Euroleague quarterfinals, followed by a 2-2 draw in the series with up to three wins.

However, due to technical problems with the plane, the members of the Catalan team stayed in Saint Petersburg for the night and expected to take off at 3.30 pm local and Lithuanian time.

However, this flight was also postponed: Barça finally left Russia only around 5pm. The truth about why the flight was delayed is not mentioned.

After more than four hours of flight, Barça shared images of basketball players getting off the plane. They returned home at dusk.

Š.Jasikevičius and the team are lucky at least because they won’t have to play the Spanish championship matches this weekend and will be able to focus on the decisive match of the Euroleague quarter-finals.

It is scheduled for Tuesday at 10 p.m., but the Euroleague may still change the time of the meeting, as it crosses with another decisive quarter-final match in Milan between Olimpia and Bayern Munich.