Europe Snow stops Galatasaray vs Juventus

Galatasaray-v-Juventus-snow-hail_3049817The Italian champions of Juventus and the Turkish champions of Galatasaray were set to clash Tuesday night at the Turk Telecom Arena for a qualification to the Champions Leagues knockout stages.
The winner-takes-all fixture threatened as of the 20th minutes of game by a less bothering snow was compelled to stop when snow began to seriously invade the stadium and prevent the players from doing their job.
An agreement between UEFA delegates and the refereeing team postponed the meeting on Wednesday at 1pm Uk time.

A statement published on the official UEFA Champions League Twitter account read: “The #UCL fixture between @GalatasaraySK & @juventusfc has been abandoned after a snow storm caused the pitch to become unplayable.

“According to article 11.04 of the competition regulations, the remaining match time must be played either tomorrow or on a reserve date or other date set by the UEFA administration.”

 


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