Nice, such a pan-European EM. But the matter also has its pitfalls. French fans who wanted to cheer on their team in the game against Hungary had to experience this with pain. Actually.
“It’s like the hidden camera.” Six French football fans did not feel as though they were laughing. They had set out to support the Équipe tricolore in the European Championship group game against Hungary. So vaccination certificates, tickets and flights were obtained – and off to … where actually? France’s world champions played in Budapest, Hungary. But the fan group ended up in Bucharest, Romania.
However, they only realized that after landing. Arrived safely, the French followed other football fans, believing they would get to the stadium in this way. But instead they ended up in a café where the European Championship games were shown. There they met a journalist from.
Budapest or Bucharest? “So far no difference”
“To be honest, there has been no difference between Bucharest and Budapest for me to this day,” the newspaper quoted one of the French fans as erring. “We need to learn more about Europe,” he concluded. But the soccer tour group alone was not responsible for the mix-up. The travel agency where they had booked the flights had issued three tickets each to Budapest and Bucharest, but did not want to see any mistake in them. “You blamed us for not knowing the difference between Bucharest and Budapest,” said one of the French. But all tickets were booked at once and it was not understandable why tickets were then issued to two destinations.
It is also unclear how the three football fans with a Budapest destination ticket were able to fly on a Bucharest flight, but apparently it happened that way. And unfortunately the soccer tour group decided to fly to Bucharest and not to Budapest. So it went wrong, what could go wrong.
Equipe tricolore from Budapest to Bucharest
On Wednesday, however, all frustration evaporated. The reason: France played – in Budapest (!) – 2-2 against Portugal. And since Germany also drew against Hungary, the French team won Group F. In the round of 16 it is now against Switzerland – in Bucharest! This time the French fans had made the right decision: they stayed in the Romanian capital to see what happens in the tournament. Now les Bleus are coming from Budapest to Bucharest – and the wanderers will still be able to see their team live.
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