Czech team shapes dugouts like beer cans

A Czech soccer team are embracing beer like no other soccer club before.

It's often been said that beer and football go together and now Czech club Viktoria Plzen seemed to have agreed, installing beer-can shaped dugouts that truly represent the city.

The club from Plzen, or Pilsen in English, is known as the Czech capital of beer which gave the world the golden "pilsner" lager in 1842.

This week, it unveiled the new dugouts at its Doosan Arena that look exactly like beer cans.

Plzen manager general Adolf Sadek said it was a joint idea from the club and the nearby Gambrinus brewery.

"Such dugouts are unique and I daresay no other club has them," Sadek said.

"Beer and football belong to each other," added Gambrinus brewer Zdenek Polak.

Players welcomed the novelty, particularly with leather heated seats.

The dugouts will first be tested in Viktoria's season opener against Dukla Prague on Saturday.


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