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Wandering Seagull
Wow! Plymouth v Carlisle has nothing on this. Perhaps we should even stop complaining about Middlesbrough away for the season finalé two years in a row with a lunchtime kick-off.
This article from La Marca is so good, I've translated the important bits into English for you!
Imagine for a moment that Real Madrid had to play a league match in Havana, Cuba. They would have to travel 7,400 km to play 90 minutes and then go home. Well, that's precisely what Luch Energiya did yesterday. Russia's second division club based in Vladivostok met FC Baltika from Kaliningrad in the league. 7,400 kilometers in a straight line represents the longest distance between two clubs from the same league in the world.
To make matters worse, there is no direct flight from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad and the players embarked on an odyssey that lasted more than 16 hours each way. That's 32 hours for the return trip! By the end of the season Luch Energiya will have accumulated more than 100,000 km, which is about three times round the world. The worst affected team in Spain is CD Tenerife, who will travel 11,415 kilometers. Francisco Arcos, a Spanish coach for Luch four seasons ago commented: "We lived in perpetual jet lag and Platini confessed that if we played in a European competition UEFA would get in trouble." The match finished 3-0 to FC Baltika.
This article from La Marca is so good, I've translated the important bits into English for you!
Imagine for a moment that Real Madrid had to play a league match in Havana, Cuba. They would have to travel 7,400 km to play 90 minutes and then go home. Well, that's precisely what Luch Energiya did yesterday. Russia's second division club based in Vladivostok met FC Baltika from Kaliningrad in the league. 7,400 kilometers in a straight line represents the longest distance between two clubs from the same league in the world.
To make matters worse, there is no direct flight from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad and the players embarked on an odyssey that lasted more than 16 hours each way. That's 32 hours for the return trip! By the end of the season Luch Energiya will have accumulated more than 100,000 km, which is about three times round the world. The worst affected team in Spain is CD Tenerife, who will travel 11,415 kilometers. Francisco Arcos, a Spanish coach for Luch four seasons ago commented: "We lived in perpetual jet lag and Platini confessed that if we played in a European competition UEFA would get in trouble." The match finished 3-0 to FC Baltika.