Berlin, Germany /
Participation Bayern Munich the Club World Cup has not started in the best way since were stranded for more than seven hours at Berlin Airport, when they were about to take off for Qatar for this month’s semifinal.
After their 1-0 victory on Friday in Bundesliga against him Hertha Berlin, the team planned to take off the same night from the German capital to arrive Doha six and a half hours later in a direct flight.
But assembly of the aircraft was delayed and take-off was not allowed of the aircraft to comply with the flight ban between midnight and 7 p.m.
“We have the impression that the competent authorities have made fun of us. The people in charge have no idea what they did to our team “, he launched Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the leader of the Bavarian giant, quoted by Bild.
The players from Bayern will play on Monday the second semifinal of Club World Cup before him Al-Ahly Egypt, and after that match, the final wait or third place on Thursday before returning to Germany to play on February 15 at home against Arminia Bielefeld in the German league.
The delegation Bayern he had boarded a plane Friday night for a scheduled departure at 11:15. The company’s plane Qatar Airlines it suffered thawing due to snow over the German capital, but it was ready to take off at 23:59, Bild explains.
Air traffic control rejected take-off, arguing that cut-off time was exceeded by 30 seconds, according to the newspaper.
The German expedition finally took off a few minutes before 7 am, but the device had to stop at Munich to change the crew. He finally left at 9:15 a.m. for a flight of about six hours.