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Rummenigge on flight chaos: “Slapstick, a ridiculous number that someone worked on”

Soccer Rummenigge on flight chaos

“Slapstick, a ridiculous number that someone worked on”

Status: 04:20 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, CEO of FC Bayern Munich

Source: dpa-infocom GmbH

FC Bayern is angry with the Brandenburg authorities. The initially denied departure for the Club World Cup after the game at Hertha BSC still angered Boss Rummenigge. After all, the people of Munich feel they are an important representative for Germany. Rummenigge chooses clear words.

BAyern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is still very upset with a little distance because of the flight chaos on the trip of the Munich club to the Club World Cup in Qatar. The heavily delayed departure of the team from Berlin was “a slapstick, a ridiculous number that someone has worked on, who is hopefully sitting at home now and should think about it,” said Rummenigge of the “Bild” after arriving in Doha.

Previously, the German air traffic control had not given the aircraft with FC Bayern on board the take-off clearance in view of the night flight restrictions at BER Airport. Therefore, as planned, the Munich team could not fly to Qatar directly after the 1-0 Bundesliga win at Hertha BSC on Friday evening, but only start the journey with a delay of several hours and a stopover in Munich.

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“You always had the impression that there was someone in Brandenburg who didn’t like FC Bayern or had any problem with FC Bayern and had put some hurdles in our way,” said Rummenigge. According to the Brandenburg Ministry of Infrastructure and State Planning, which is responsible for BER, the request for take-off clearance for the flight was made at 00:03 a.m. From midnight there is a five-hour flight ban at the capital’s airport.

“We were all upset,” said Rummenigge. The team that stayed on the plane, thanks to the good mood due to the success at Hertha, “did not do a circus at all” and “put away the chaos”, added the CEO. He expected those responsible to show more consideration for Bayern. Munich would eventually compete at the Club World Cup in Qatar “as a German club for our country”. Winning the title “would not look bad on the Bundesliga and therefore also on our country,” said Rummenigge.

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Previously, the former Bayern President Uli Hoeneß had criticized the incident at BER Airport as a “scandal without end”. It is a matter of “insolence on the part of those responsible” and a “shield prank”, ranted Hoeneß on the Bavarian radio.

The German record champions only arrived in Doha on Saturday afternoon. The time to get used to on site has become scarce for the Bavarians due to the massive departure delay. Training is scheduled for Sunday. Already on Monday, Munich will meet Al Ahly SC from Egypt as the European Champions League winner at the Club World Cup in the semifinals. The final will be played on Thursday next week.

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