The team bus made use of by La Liga giants Real Madrid was this afternoon involved in a road accident.
Carlo Ancelotti’s troops are of course fresh off an evening to forget on Wednesday, culminating in a 2-0 Champions League defeat at the hands of Liverpool.
Los Blancos’ star-studded squad, for their part, have since returned to Spain, ahead of kickstarting preparations for a La Liga meeting with Getafe this weekend.
Some members of staff, though, remained in England until today, to haul the club’s kits and equipment back to base in Madrid.
The individuals in question made use of the club’s official team bus for as much.
And, as alluded to above, on their journey down the M40 motorway, the Real Madrid staff were at the heart of a scary moment.
This came as their team bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle:
Thankfully, no one on board is understood to have suffered any form of significant injury.
Conor Laird – GSFN