Video ticker: Second half in Stuttgart: Will YB earn their first Champions League point of the season?

Around 3500 YB fans will be in the stadium, a club record for an away game in Europe. The vast majority of the Bernese supporters made the journey – almost 300 kilometers – by train or car (journey time: approx. 4 hours).

The YB entourage, meanwhile, took the plane (flight time: half an hour). Many YB fans criticized the choice of transport on the official Instagram channel, especially as the club usually likes to promote sustainability and environmental awareness. However, those responsible defended themselves, as reported in response to an inquiry from “20 Minuten”.

“We would have liked to have traveled to Stuttgart by train,” said YB media spokesman Albi Staudenmann. But because the entire Bernese delegation, including staff and the U-19 team (playing in the Youth League on Wednesday), would be over 70 people, they would have had to book a charter train, which would have been too expensive, he explains. The train would also have had to make stopovers, which would have increased the journey time to a minimum of five hours.

Nevertheless, two cars from the YB bus partner traveled to Stuttgart because, according to Stadelmann, there wasn’t room for all the equipment on the plane. On site, the cars were used for the various transports.