The scene is breathtaking: 22 players returned to the locker room and a whole stadium evacuated on the presumption of violent thunderstorms to come. But under a beautiful blue sky at the moment T … This Thursday at the World Cup, when Palmeiras had just made the break against Al Ahly when the hour of play, the English referee Mr. Taylor had to suspend the debates after being alerted by his assistants.
For what ? Because local weather services have issued an alert bulletin on possible storms approaching in the New York region, and in particular on the Metlife Stadium theater of this confrontation between the clubs of Sao Paulo and Cairo. However, in the United States, outdoor sports events in such circumstances must be interrupted.
3 matches hanging in 24 hours
Finally, after 45 minutes of waiting and not a drop that fell on the lawn, or even a flash observed in the New York sky, the match was able to resume its course. The previous night, the Pachuca-Salzburg poster (1-2) had been suspended for an hour and a half for similar reasons. Same thing 24 hours earlier for the meeting between the South Koreans of Ulsan and the South Africans of the Mamelodi Sundowns, with a offbeat kick-off of more than an hour by prevention.
Recall that the American rules thus observed on this club World Cup will also be in force next year at the 2026 World Cup co-organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
