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The journey to sunny Qatar for the hoped-for next big title has become a huge annoyance for Bayern.
After the 1-0 win over Hertha BSC, they left the icy Olympic Stadium as quickly as possible and headed for BER Airport.
Flight QR 7402 was scheduled to take off for Qatar at 11:15 p.m.
Manuel Neuer was grinning from his comfortable seat on board the machine behind the mouth and nose mask.
But it turned out differently.
On Saturday morning, FC Bayern Munich announced via Twitter: "Due to denied starting permission, FC Bayern is now more than seven hours late taking off for the FIFA Club World Cup in Doha." The Bavarians did not provide any information about the exact reasons.
There is a general ban on night flights at BER Airport.
“Regular scheduled flights in the middle of the night from midnight to 5 am are excluded,” says the website.
Because of the drifting snow in Berlin, Bavaria's machine had to be de-iced for 20 minutes
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The plane is said to have been ready to take off at 11:59 p.m. after having been de-iced for 20 minutes.
But it didn't start.
Bavaria's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was beside himself.
"We feel totally ripped off by the authorities in charge of Brandenburg politics," he said of "Bild" and scolded: "Those in charge don't even know what they did to our team."
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As the newspaper reports, the machine is said to have been ready 30 seconds after the allowed start time.
Until 1:20 a.m., the plane, including the players, waited on the tarmac for permission to take off - in vain.
The flight crew had to be replaced
From the point of view of BER Airport, the FC Bayern aircraft to Qatar would have been ready for departure on Saturday night.
“From our point of view, nothing spoke against the plane taking off as planned,” said airport spokeswoman Sabine Deckwerth.
The take-off permit is generally issued by air traffic control.
From a legal point of view, however, the Ministry of Infrastructure and State Planning is responsible when it comes to exemptions during the night flight ban.
In the case of a night flight ban, a machine must have taken off at the time it begins.
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In any case, the plans of the Munich team and the preparation for the next title mission were seriously affected.
Because when the plane took off, it went back to Munich.
The crew had to be changed because of the waiting in Berlin.
At 9:15 a.m., the plane from Munich to Doha took off, the Bavarians said.
The flight time is usually around 5:40 hours.
After the game, Bayern coach Hansi Flick was still in a good mood
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After the victory in a good mood, initially ten points ahead in the championship, the Munich team had left the Olympic Stadium.
“It will be a nice flight.
That's how we imagined it, ”said coach Hansi Flick.
Martínez and Goretzka have to pause again
Instead of landing in sunny Qatar around Saturday morning, it started early in cold Berlin - and via Munich to Doha.
National player Leon Goretzka and Spaniard Javi Martínez were not on board.
They were missing from the 22-man squad.
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The two were also missing from the difficult victory in Berlin and have to pause because of positive coronavirus tests.
"We have to look at it from day to day," stressed Flick.
"It looks a little better with Leon, with Javi it probably won't be enough."
You want to wait for the next few days, said the success coach from Munich and added: "If it's not enough for the first game, then maybe for the second game."