Benfica away was quite a trip - Planes, (almost) trains and automobiles nufc
Benfica away was quite a trip – Planes, trains and automobilesGetting booked for Benfica proved a little bit troublesome, as direct flights from the toon to Lisbon were hard to come by. So Sunday morning sees us at the airport for a 6am flight to Faro.With the flight heading to Faro, it was full of families off to the Algarve. Descending into Faro, the sound of babies crying, whinging and needing their nappies changed, started to become overbearing.
Canny day on the Monday by the Docas on the water front, meeting up with old pals, was the perfect opportunity for a catch up. Come match day and it was down to Rosario Square for a few pre-match ports, absolutely mobbed with the junior toons who had all their different flags out, tied up outside the bars.
Now this is when it hit me, the junior toons were lads ranging from late teens to 20s / 30s. Seemed like this was the first euro trip for most of them. Whilst for all of them, if you were 15 year old when FCB took over, you would now be 30 year old ish, it is all our younger fans have ever known…Secondly, the police after the game were a disgrace. Whacking toonHowever, the Benfica fans were brilliant.
Had to fly back into Stansted, then a train back home…so a special thanks to the train unions for cancelling our train back home. Luckily for me, my pal Scouser drove to Stansted and picked us up, so we got back late Wednesday night.
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