Plane crash in France football shows solidarity – ElTiempo.com

The FC Barcelona Wednesday decreed three days of official mourning, while players of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich observed a minute of silence a day after the crash of a Germanwings A320 flying between Barcelona and Düsseldorf.

The flags were half hoisted in front of the offices of FC Barcelona, ​​in a statement announced that “joins the three-day mourning decreed by the Government for victims of the plane crash yesterday (Tuesday) in the French Alps “. “For this reason, Catalan, Barca and City of the Camp Nou flags flying at half mast in mourning for the victims of this accident,” said the leader of the Spanish League.

players handball teams and hockey FC Barcelona on Tuesday carried a black tie basketball team and so does his party Wednesday in the Euroleague with Zalgiris Kaunas Lithuania.

The Real Madrid players Carlo Ancelotti held a moment of silence before training.

In Germany, the country of destination of the wrecked plane, Catalan coach Josep Guardiola and Bayern players also observed a moment of silence before practice of the day.

Among the players present at the Munich training were important men like former captain of the Mannschaft Philipp Lahm or Spanish Xabi Alonso.

Most of the team’s stars were not club and another with their national teams.

The two clubs, Real Madrid and Bayern, published on its website pictures of his players and his coaching staff gathered in the center circle, with his head down.

The German team also decided to wear black armbands and observe a minute of silence in their friendly against Australia in Kaiserslautern Stadium.

“For the victims and their families, the football family shares its pain, “said Wolfgang Niersbach Tuesday, the president of the German Football Federation.

Among the 150 victims were at least 72 Germans, 51 Spaniards and two Colombian authorities said.

There will also be a minute’s silence on Thursday before the friendly France-Brazil at the Stade de France, near Paris. Among the 150 victims were at least 72 Germans and 51 Spaniards, officials said.

AFP