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After its success in Austria in the Champions League (0-4), Stade Brestois experienced many difficulties returning to Brittany. Players and staff were even forced to spend the night at Strasbourg airport.
If the Brest plan implemented in Salzburg went off without a hitch, the same cannot be said for the return journey. Big winners over the Austrians during the second day of the Champions League (0-4), the Bretons thought they had earned the right to a little rest. This was not the case, as reported The Telegram.
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This Tuesday, October 1, around 10:30 p.m., they flew towards Finistère. However, due to weather conditions, the plane was forced to make a stopover in Strasbourg to refuel. Indeed, for reasons of stability, the private jet had to fly heavier.
Forced to sleep in Strasbourg
The setback was supposed to be quite short but it would soon drag on. When they landed in Alsace at 11:15 p.m., the people of Brest learned that the airport had to close its doors a quarter of an hour later. It was therefore explained to them that the aircraft could not leave until 6 a.m. the next day. Eric Roy’s men had no choice but to sleep on the airport floor.
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“Fortunately we won but it’s true that it spoiled the end of the evening a little” admitted to Telegram Gregory Lorenzi. The sports director, however, regretted the lack of organization of the Valljet company which organized the flight. Ironically, the president of Nantes Waldemar Kita is the majority shareholder.
