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Uncomfortable journey for the royals to Leipzig

The logo of the Spanish soccer club Real Madrid (undated photo). / Photo: Zentralbild/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archivbild
The logo of the Spanish soccer club Real Madrid (undated photo). / Photo: Zentralbild/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/Archivbild

First the strike at Leipzig airport, then chaos on the detour from Erfurt to the trade fair city. Real Madrid only make it to Saxony with a scratch.

Real Madrid's journey to the Champions League match in Leipzig was anything but royal. First, an alternative route via Erfurt had to be used after the strike at the airport in the trade fair city, then there was a near-crash with the Madrid bus on the A4 highway near Eichelborn. A police spokesman said in response to a dpa inquiry in Erfurt that a driver had probably hit the bus with his vehicle due to carelessness. He damaged the wing mirror of his car in the process. The Real bus, which was accompanied by the police, escaped with a scratch, the team with a scare. The newspaper "Bild" had first reported on this.

"We arrived safely, everything went well," said Carlo Ancelotti. The Whites arrived at their hotel in the heart of Leipzig shortly before 3 p.m. before the final training session in the evening.

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