⛈️ Golf ball-sized hail halts Leverkusen's DFB-Pokal match | OneFootball

The first round of the DFB Cup is in full swing - now everywhere (again). However, there have been significant complications in the Leverkusen match.

In Aspach, where Bayer is currently aiming to secure their place in the second round against the regional league team SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, the ball initially rolled smoothly for only about 17 minutes. After that, rain, hail, and finally storm gusts, lightning, and thunder caused referee Michael Bacher to interrupt the game at 0:0 at 6:17 PM.

"The game was interrupted because hailstones the size of golf balls are currently covering the playing field," the English 'X' account of Bayer Leverkusen aptly wrote.

Even after about ten minutes break, there was no indication that the game could continue soon. However, at 6:45 PM, the stadium announcer announced that the game should resume at 7 PM, after the field was cleared of water. This then happened - the game resumed at 7 PM in the 18th minute after about a 40-minute interruption.

So far, it doesn't seem like the home team could benefit from the interruption: In the 32nd minute of the game, Patrik Schick scored the opening goal for his team. Arthur increased the lead to 2:0 in the 74th minute.

Thus, Leverkusen is on track to advance to the second round - albeit still delayed and with a later end of work than on the fields of the parallel games.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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