FC Bayern Munich: Heavy rain! Bayern drown in Qatar training camp | Sports
Isn’t Qatar actually a desert?
During the past ten winter training camps, Bayern have mostly had a wonderful time in Doha: a week of sunshine and high temperatures, often exceeding 20 degrees, far away from Munich, which was always frosty at the beginning of the year.
But this year everything is different!
When Julian Nagelsmann’s (35) team landed in Qatar on Friday afternoon, it poured cats and dogs. The water is a few centimeters high on the motorways to the team hotel “Al Aziziyah Boutique”.
The result: On Saturday, parts of the “Aspire Academy” site were flooded. The puddles around the Bayern training grounds are so big and deep that extra vehicles had to pull up to pump out the rain.
For the Bavarians, however, the large amount of water was not a problem during their first two secret training sessions. Although Doha is not well prepared for heavy rain on the streets, for example, the training grounds can apparently withstand the heavy showers thanks to good drainage.
Even if they are in the rain at the beginning of their training camp until January 12th and more precipitation is expected for the coming days – the wet reception cannot harm the Bavarians on the pitch.