Article by Andrei Crăiţoiu, Ionuţ Iordache – published on Wednesday, June 04, 2025 / Updated Wednesday, June 04, 2025 23:15
The sky was “broken” at 21:10, 50 minutes before the start of the first semifinity of the current edition of the League of Nations.
It rained torrentially, then the hail covered the perfect green lawn on Allianz Arena. Some of the players who were on the field on heating entered the booths.
Hail and strong lightning
The warning of the bad weather was for 5:00 pm, then it was offered for 8:00 pm. And the forecasts of the meteorologists have been confirmed, the pieces of ice making the players and those in the staff do not go out for heating at the appointed time!
“The match is scheduled to take place according to planning, and UEFA will continue to monitor the weather situation closely, together with the competent local authorities,” said UEFA.
Germany – Portugal, starting teams
- GERMANY (3-4-3): Ter Stegen – Anton, Tah, Koch – Kimmich, Pavlovic, Goretzka, Mittelstädt – Sane, Wirtz, Woltemade
- Selection: Julian Nagelsmann
- PORTUGAL (4-2-3-1): Costa – J. Neves, Dias, Incio, Mendes – R. Neves, Silva – Trincao, Fernandes, Neto – Cr. Ronaldo
- Selection: Roberto Martinez
