Ehe match between Germany and Denmark, corresponding to the round of 16 of Euro 2024, temporarily suspended due to a electric storm. He ran minute 34 when the referee told the players to leave the field of play, something unusual in a tournament of this caliber, but which It has already happened more than once in different parts of the world.
To the Spanish under-19 team The same thing happened to him in 2011. It was in the European Championship held in Romania, against Belgium. The referee made the decision to suspend the match shortly after the first quarter of an hour of play. A very young Álvaro Morata had scored a goal, but The Belgians refused to play again and the match had to be repeated in its entirety the next day.
More recently, in a game of Champions League of the Manchester City de Guardiola, the same decision was made. On this occasion, The match corresponding to the group stage did not even begin against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Although this is very rare in Europe, it occurs more often in America. For example, less than a year ago, an Ecuadorian league match between the Liga de Quito and Emelec He suffered the same fate. It resumed the next day. Also in a Mexico-Jamaica March 2023, corresponding to the Concacaf Nations League.
Even the Real Madrid has suffered from these thunderstorms. In 2018, on one of the American preseason tours, A match against Roma, with Julen Lopetegui on the bench, had to be delayed because of the risk that this posed for the footballers.
A very dangerous situation
A thunderstorm is no joke. Suppose a great danger for footballers and at the slightest risk the referees usually stop the game.
In fact, Lightning killed a player in Indonesia last February. One of the most tragic episodes occurred in 1998, when eleven players from the Democratic Republic of the Congo burned to death for this same reason.
