Kaiat makes its historic debut in the Champions League League phase only next Thursday (18), but the trip to Lisbon, where the team faces Sporting, began on Monday night (15).
This is because the Kazakhstan team, one of the rookies, will have to face about 12 hours of travel to the capital of Portugal.
This is the longest trip in history from the . Kairat will face the distance of 6,925 kilometers from Almaty, in southern Kazakhstan, to Lisbon, the western capital of continental Europe.
The Cazaque team got the historic and unprecedented classification to the main phase of the tournament after.
In addition to Sporting, Kaiat will still face Real Madrid (at home), Pafos (C), Inter Milan (outside), Copenhagen (F), Olympiacos (C), Club Bruggge (C) and Arsenal (F) by the Champions League phase.
