Borussia Dortmund's clash against Monaco was delayed after police stopped its team bus a week after the players were targeted in a terrorist attack.
Dortmund players were delayed for 20 minutes en route to their Champions League quarter-final in the Principality this evening.
The squad were kept waiting outside of the team hotel by officers and no reason for the hold-up was given to club officials. Kick-off was subsequently delayed by five minutes.
The interception by police comes just days after Dortmund's bus was hit by three pipe bomb explosions prior to the quarter-final's first leg in Germany.
It is thought that the bus was stopped before it had reached Stade Louis II Stadium with officers intercepting the vehicle outside Dortmund's hotel.
Manager Thomas Tuchel described the delay as 'very unfortunate.'
There has been a heavy police presence outside of the team's accommodation since they arrived in Monaco with nine riot vans parked nearby earlier today.During the shocking incident last week, terrified stars dived for cover as three blasts sent shards of glass flying through their coach - while defender Marc Bartra broke a bone in his right wrist and later needed surgery to remove 'foreign objects' from his body.
The coach had just left the club hotel ahead of their match when the bombs were detonated in what is believed to have been a targeted attack.
A policeman escorting the coach to the match on a motorcycle was also injured when the bombs went off in bushes nearby, having apparently been detonated with a mobile phone or garage door opener.
Manager Thomas Tuchel described the delay as 'very unfortunate.'
There has been a heavy police presence outside of the team's accommodation since they arrived in Monaco with nine riot vans parked nearby earlier today.During the shocking incident last week, terrified stars dived for cover as three blasts sent shards of glass flying through their coach - while defender Marc Bartra broke a bone in his right wrist and later needed surgery to remove 'foreign objects' from his body.
The coach had just left the club hotel ahead of their match when the bombs were detonated in what is believed to have been a targeted attack.
A policeman escorting the coach to the match on a motorcycle was also injured when the bombs went off in bushes nearby, having apparently been detonated with a mobile phone or garage door opener.
During the shocking incident last week, terrified stars dived for cover as three blasts sent shards of glass flying through their coach - while defender Marc Bartra broke a bone in his right wrist and later needed surgery to remove 'foreign objects' from his body.
The coach had just left the club hotel ahead of their match when the bombs were detonated in what is believed to have been a targeted attack.
A policeman escorting the coach to the match on a motorcycle was also injured when the bombs went off in bushes nearby, having apparently been detonated with a mobile phone or garage door opener.
Dortmund did not want to play the clash last week, but the match was rescheduled for just 24 hours after the shocking attack.
After a series of raids, German police later found three letters claiming responsibility for the attack, all of them saying that it was carried out in the name of Islam.
At least one of the notes made reference to the Berlin Christmas market attack, in which an ISIS fanatic drove a stolen truck into shoppers, killing 12.
But detectives are still searching for a car with foreign registration plates, possibly used by those responsible.
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