On Sunday, they will play a game as the home team more than 5,000 miles from home.
Shortly after arriving here Friday morning, an eight-hour red-eye flight sitting like sludge in their systems, the Chargers found themselves practicing football inside a stadium built for rugby in a city where the very word “football” has a different meaning.
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And yet, despite being bombarded by the unfamiliar, the players were able to cling to something comfortable.
“Practicing in this stadium definitely felt like a home game,” wide receiver Keenan Allen joked.