A thunderstorm and hail suspended the Germany-Denmark round-of-16 clash at the European Championship and forced the players back under cover on Saturday.
Jun 29, 2024 at 06:00 PM ETDORTMUND, Germany —
Referee Michael Oliver took the teams off in the 35th minute. When the weather cleared, the teams had a brief warmup and the game resumed 24 minutes after it had stopped. The slippery field began to cut up but remained playable for the rest of the game. Hail was even falling on the field during the interruption in a stark contrast to the previously warm summer evening.
Local police said two big-screen viewing parties in local fan zones in Dortmund were canceled because of the weather. “Please leave these locations,” police wrote on X. Two more fan zone events in nearby Gelsenkirchen were also called off as the strong winds damaged fences and hurled objects through the air, local authorities said, adding they were not aware of any injuries.
Rain subsided and the puddles were mostly removed at halftime but the St. Jakob Park playing surface survived only one more game — another rainy affair between Switzerland and Portugal — before it had to be relaid ahead of the quarterfinals.
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