Given their governments own misgivings about the way their country was portrayed during the film, we’re not totally sure Lukas Podalski’s ‘Borat’ tweet will go down well with Kazak Champions League opponents FC Astana.
The club have been part of UEFA since 2002, the furthest any club from Kazakhstan has reached up until now is the qualification stage of the competition. That is to say, who really fancies the long trip to an unknown entity.
Perhaps a potential banana skin for Gala, Atletico and Benfica?