The footballers of the Kazakh Cairo from Almaty will debut on Thursday in the Champions League at the guest appearance in Sporting, and with his arrival in Lisbon, the record for the longest journey in the Champions League history.
Namely, the Cairo team flew 7.200 kilometers by plane over six time zoneswhich did not happen before earlier in the 71-year history of the ELIT European football competition.
The previous record held Benfica and Astana In 2015, when two clubs crossed 6,164 kilometers in one direction in order to play the Champions League matches.
By the way, Caira will on four guest appearances against Arsenal, Inter, Copenhagen and Sporting cross total 44,982 kilometers, And the house will host Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Olympiacos and Paphos.
✈️airat Almaty of Kazakhstan Have Landed in Lisbon Ahead of their Uefa Champions League Debut Against Sporting on Thursday Evening.
Flying a total of 7,200km Across Six Time Zones, IT is the record away day in the 34-year history of the ucl / 71-year history if you include the … pic.twitter.com/8bv8pzthzp
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The historic placement arrived by kicked celtic In the Play-off round qualifications and thus became the ethnic team in the history of the group / League phase of the Champions League.
Kairat last year for the fourth time became Champion of Kazakhstan And after the last round, Atyrau s 1: 0 and they won the title in front of Astana with one point of the benefits.
This season after 20 rounds are in third place with 43 points as the second-placed Astana, while the leading point with one point is the benefits in front of them.
(www.jabuka.tv)
