Photo: @EvertzLudwig/Twitter
With a quarter-final against giant-killers Sportfreunde Lotte in the offing, Borussia Dortmund’s DFB Pokal entourage clambered aboard their bus and set out north on Tuesday morning.
However, just four hours before kick-off, the bus ran aground in a farmer’s field while attempting to turn into a narrow country lane.
Auch das noch #SFLBVB Mannschaftsbus steckt im Acker fest #lotte @DFB 4 Stunden vor Anpfiff @sportschau Trecker muss her @SportblitzNews pic.twitter.com/oLMkcoWl5T
— Ludwig Evertz (@EvertzLudwig) February 28, 2017
Thankfully, after BVB sent out an SOS call, a local farmer turned up and saved the day by hauling the bus from the field with his mighty tractor…
Trecker zieht Dortmunder Mannschaftsbus vom Acker #SFLBVB fängt ja gut an.@sportschau #DFBPokal kicken auf dem Land pic.twitter.com/OAFayN24xd
— Ludwig Evertz (@EvertzLudwig) February 28, 2017
Then, just to cap Dortmund’s misery off, the match itself was postponed shortly before kick-off when Sportfreunde Lotte’s ground was hit by an untimely dusting of snow.
Referee Felix Brych took one look at the “soaked” playing surface and decided that he could not guarantee the health of the players.
Auf so einem Edel-Teppich haben wir früher operiert. Aber am offenen Herzen! pic.twitter.com/aTl8vvzPah
— Thomas Nowag (@Dagobert95) February 28, 2017
Given that the last photo looks like the surface of Venus, maybe ol’ referee Brych had a point.