Euro 2020: Czech Republic Miss Training In Budapest Over Bizarre Plane Defect

UEFA EURO 2020: The Czech Republic football team were unable to fly to Budapest due to "technical problems" on their plane.

An evacuation slide inflated by mistake stopped the Czech Republic on their way to a Euro 2020 play-off game against the Netherlands in Budapest, the team said Saturday. The Czechs, qualified as the third best team in Group D, are facing Group C winners 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 cancelled 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 "slidesandjumpingcastles" hashtag. The team management was a bit more serious about the incident.