😅 Forgotten the lawnmower? Kick-off for the friendly delayed | OneFootball

On a perfect day for football, second division teams Eintracht Braunschweig and Holstein Kiel met for a friendly match on Saturday, just a few days before the start of the new season. The venue: The stadium at Salzgittersee in southeastern Lower Saxony. The match was supposed to start at 1 pm - in theory.

The kick-off could only finally take place at 2:30 pm - and for a rather curious reason: The grass was too long and therefore, in the players' estimation and after consultation between both clubs, not playable. A red lawnmower came to the rescue - and cut the grass to a comfortable length for professional footballers within the next hour and a half.

The curious reason for the delay of the kick-off naturally led to some laughter and jokes on the internet - led by Holstein Kiel itself:

At 2:30 pm, however, the match could finally start. Kiel won the 120-minute long test against Eintracht from Braunschweig clearly with 4:1 - did the freshly mowed grass play a role in this?

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