A Norweigan team are refusing to let Champions League winners Real Madrid use their pitch to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup match with Sevilla because of a summer football camp for kids.
Norweigan fourth division side Malvik are prioritising nearly 300 kids instead of world stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
Commenting on the matter, Malvik's deputy chairman said:
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"Let's hope they learn something on the football school, so we get some players at Real Madrid itself."
Petter Roksvaag, who heads up the football school, says that it would be possible to have both Real Madrid and the local youngsters train on the turf, but deputy chairman Frode Forbord noted that Real Madrid would not want any spectators or fans present and when you've got 270 young aspiring footballers knocking about, it's a bit difficult, isn't it?
"Real Madrid did not want to have spectators, and the football school is the 270 kids, so therefore it is not possible to combine the two."
Looks like Zinedine Zidane might have to find somewhere else to train. Maybe the local park will do the trick? Bit of a 'heads and vods' before the big all-Spanish showdown with Sevilla?
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Words by Josh Lawless
(h/t NRK)
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