Barca forced to travel by coach

April 19, 2010 - 0:0

Barcelona will travel to Italy to face Inter Milan by coach ahead of Tuesday's Champions League tie.

The club indicated in a statement on Saturday night that the volcanic ash cloud that has prevented flights across Europe could force the club to travel by coach.
The statement read: ""The club have decided to travel to Milan this Sunday immediately after training. The ash cloud from the volcano in Iceland has obliged the team to modify their travel arrangements, with the flight to Milan remaining the first option.
""The club held an emergency meeting after the derby game to assess the various possibilities of getting to Milan given the air traffic emergency caused by the Icelandic eruption and finally decided to leave a day earlier than planned.
""If a flight is ruled out, the next option will be to travel to Milan by coach.""
A club spokesman has now confirmed that the squad will travel by coach, with the team set to spend the night in France before arriving in Italy in time for training on Monday afternoon.
Following the 0-0 draw with Espanyol, Pep Guardiola said: ""If we go by road we will not have the desired recovery, but there are many teams in the Segunda B who travel 16 or 17 hours by coach every week.""
Barca take on Inter at San Siro in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
(Source: Soccernet)