Euro 2020: Czech Republic players miss training in Budapest ahead of last 16 clash due to bizarre plane defect
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Prague: An evacuation slide inflated by mistake stopped the Czech Republic on their way to a Euro 2020 playoff game against the Netherlands in Budapest, the team said on Saturday.
The Czechs, qualified as the third-best team in Group D, are facing Group C winners in the Netherlands at the Puskas Arena in a last-16 game on Sunday evening.
The players were already sitting on the special plane on Saturday morning, but they had to get off over the bizarre defect." I have experienced delayed flights, postponed flights, even canceled flights because of the coronavirus," tweeted midfielder Alex Kral." But this is my first flight that didn't happen because of an evacuation slide inflated by mistake," said the Spartak Moscow player. He added photos of the slide from inside and outside the plane, complete with a "slides and jumping castles" hashtag. The team management was a bit more serious about the incident."Due to technical problems on the plane, the Czech national football team will fly to Budapest in the afternoon," team spokesman PetrSedivy said in a statement.
