The whole stadium rose and applauded to their feet

The start of the Czech Republic of the U21 – Germany U21, a second -stage match of the European Championship groups, to which GSP reporters attend the Danube Stredawas over the head of an unplanned event, which happened at the beginning of the first half.
Only a few minutes had passed since the first whistle of Venezuelan Alexis Herrera, when the game was forced to be interrupted suddenly, even while Germany's footballers were preparing to execute a corner.

The reason? A bird in suffering had settled for more than two minutes on the playing surface, near the circle from the middle of the field, the obvious impossibility of taking off the lawn.
Photo. Unplanned moments at the opening of the match at Dunajska Streda, between Czech U21 and Germany U21

The spectators and officials behind the reserve banks were the first to observe the moment, asking the fourth official to intervene at “Central” to interrupt the match. The game continued the price for several tens of seconds, While the footballers of the two teams were trying to bypass the area where the bird stood still.
Finally, the South American referee did not allow the Germans to execute the corner. He made a sign of an official on the edge of the land to move to the ground in an attempt to lift the winged animal from the lawn.
The public welcomed the moment when the UEFA delegate entered the field, and then grabbed the suffering bird, which he immediately transported to the outside of the arena. The entire stadium got up and applauded the moment, the game could be resumed later.
GSP photo -reporter Ionuț Iordache surprised several frames with the “incident” that caused the match to interrupt, from the seconds in which the game continued unstoppably until the official managed, from the second attempt, to catch the bird and removed it outside the field.





