Tarbes Pyrénées Football will remember it for a long time. Saturday, while the bus left at 11:25 am for Vabres-L’Abbaye (D2), in South Aveyron, the R1 club experienced a mishap on its way. The bus driver initially entered the correct route on the GPS, before one of his passengers, sure of himself, showed him another destination. He then does so without complaining except that nearly ninety kilometers separate the two places and the Tarbais are therefore spinning in the wrong village. Arrived at Vabre, the Hautes-Pyrénées club realizes that it was not in the right town, which was Vabres with an “s”.
An “s” that is very expensive
Finally arrived at 6:50 p.m. at the right destination, the Tarbais players, already dressed, rush to the field. However, the regulations provide that if a team is not at the stadium 45 minutes after the kick-off time, it loses the match by forfeit. This is what the referee applied, to the delight of the locals. “It must have been around 6:50 pm-55 pm. It was unbelievable. They were disappointed. While talking to a youngster from their team, he told us: “We could make a friend, now that we are here”. The coach was angry, he replied: “No, we are off” ”, relates Center Presse Aveyron. The Tarbes PF bus therefore turned back with, as we can imagine, a coach and frustrated players. The return trip must have been long, very long …
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