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Bus Carrying Barcelona Fans Catches Fire En Route to Club Brugge Match
Photo by Alex Caparros - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

It has just been reported that a bus carrying Barcelona fans to Club Brugge's stadium has caught fire.

The Catalan club is visiting Brugge today for the fourth matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

According to a report from RAC1, one of the buses carrying Blaugrana fans caught fire, allegedly because a flare was lit inside the vehicle.

"Incident with the shuttle buses transporting Barça fans to the stadium," reported the aforementioned outlet. "They lit a flare inside one of the buses, and it burned. There is at least one person detained and no injuries."

As they indicated, there were no injuries, but one person has already been arrested.

Barcelona Wants to Continue Climbing the Standings in the Champions League

Barcelona has a record of two victories and one defeat after the first three Champions League games this season.

In their most recent European match, they authoritatively defeated Greece's Olympiacos with a score of 6-1. Before that, they lost to the reigning champions, Paris Saint-Germain, 1-2, and in their first match in the competition, they defeated Newcastle United 2-1.

Club Brugge, for its part, has a record of one victory and two defeats. They lost 4-0 to Bayern and 2-1 to Atalanta. They defeated Ligue 1 side AS Monaco 4-1 on the first matchday.

After dealing with physical problems, Lamine Yamal returns to the starting eleven to face the Belgian club, alongside Marcus Rashford, Fermin Lopez, and Ferran Torres in attack.

Hansi Flick lined up Frenkie de Jong and Marc Casado in midfield, while the defense consists of Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, and Alejandro Balde. The starting goalkeeper is Wojciech Szczesny.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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