Quote for World Cup qualifier Iceland – Germany – Shock moment on return flight – Landing in Scotland

Reykjavik – The German national football team completed a “nine-point plan” for national coach Hansi Flick’s debut and secured its third win in Reykjavik within a week. On the return trip, however, there was a moment of shock:

Update, 2:05 pm – The stars are stuck in planes for ten hours

Seven hours after the originally planned landing at Frankfurt am Main, the national football team was able to continue its return journey from the World Cup qualifiers in Iceland after a forced stopover in Edinburgh, Scotland. “Now we’re on the replacement plane. I am going straight to Frankfurt and Munich,” the team’s Twitter account said on Thursday afternoon.

“Also in the bag: 9 points from 3 games”, was an addendum with a gleam in his eye. The replacement machine had to come to Edinburgh first. He should now bring home the DFB delegation, players, coaching staff and supervisors around Hansi Flick.

According to the Lithuanian airline, the charter plane that started in Reykjavik that night, with a large part of the crew on board, was to take place on Thursday. A faulty backup generator lands at Edinburgh Airport. The crew decided to head to the nearest suitable airport. At any time there was no danger to the passengers, a normal landing took place.

The DFB team initially stayed at Edinburgh airport for four hours on a plane that had been technically grounded. In total, the DFB Kicker was stranded on the plane for ten hours. The DFB insisted that “everyone” in the German travel group was doing well.

Isafety first. Safe stopover in Edinburgh as a precaution“, announced the DFB team early in the morning. Coincidentally, not all players were on the plane scheduled for Frankfurt am Main in Wednesday evening’s 4-0 win in Reykjavik. Some traveled with a scheduled flight until Thursday morning. Did not – which includes Bayern trio Neuer, Gnabry and Kimmich – or even return to their clubs individually.

Bayern Munich sporting director Hassan Salihamidjic said on Thursday: “It’s unfortunate. It can always happen that a plane has to stop“Given Saturday’s top Bundesliga game at RB Leipzig and the Champions League kick-off at FC Barcelona, ​​it’s a bit annoying for the players to rise. Salihamidzic was convinced: “They’re all professionals, we’ll get through it by Saturday.”

Update, 8.25am – Involuntary stopover in Scotland

As planned, the DFB-Elf made its way to the airport in Reykjavik shortly after the game. According to Bild newspaper, the Boeing 737-522 was to take off for Frankfurt at 0.30 a.m. The machine took off at around one o’clock in the afternoon. During the flight, however, an incident occurred: in Scottish airspace, according to reports, the machine made a “sudden sharp right turn” and sent Code “7700” For air traffic control. According to the picture, then there was an emergency or safety landing at Edinburgh Airport.

“Safety first. Safe stopover in Edinburgh as a precaution. Individual onward and return journeys are planned from there. Exactly what happened is unclear at this time. Code” 7700 ” means there is a medical or technical emergency on board. In such cases, the aircraft and crew receive immediate assistance.

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about once a week After “Gewerschtel” in St. Petersburg. Galen vs. Liechtenstein (2:0) and three days After the sovereign performance against Armenia (6:0) DFB-Elf registered a 4–0 (2–0) win against Iceland at the Laugardalsvollur Stadium on Wednesday evening. Goals for Flick-Elf Serge Gnabry (4th), Antonio Rudiger (24th), Leroy Sane (56th) and Timo Werner (89./)live ticker to read)

Highlights of the game in video:

Voices for the game:

Hansi Flick (National Coach): “We got nine points, that was our target. The way we played is one step ahead. Of course not everything is at 100% right now, but you can’t expect it either. I am really completely satisfied. We’ll try to improve on a few things next time.”

Manuel Neuer (Goalkeeper and Captain): “I loved the game. It was important that we set an example again. But you couldn’t even have fireworks in the square. But we accepted the doubles. We’re satisfied.”

Leon Goretzka: “We wanted to show a different face, embody the joy of football. Our defense and our goalkeeper are certainly satisfied that we didn’t score. It certainly wasn’t quite right. But I never felt that the opponent has a chance to snatch something from here. Today we have definitely left behind some goal.

Joshua Kimmich: “The game was fine. It wasn’t easy, the Iceland team isn’t bad. We actually allowed relatively few, one goal on the post and one goal offside. Otherwise I found it sovereign. 12 goals in three games and no goals at all Not wrong. It is positive that we are creating a lot of opportunities. But today it could have been more.”

Antonio Rudiger: “It was important to get nine points in three matches. Goal scoring was also good. For our defenders, it gives us confidence that we haven’t scored a goal. With my goal in mind, the process was perfect. It was a good week and a half.”

MW