{"id":158274,"date":"2025-06-04T19:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158274\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:24:23","slug":"germany-vs-portugal-nations-league-clash-delayed-as-players-are-forced-to-protect-themselves-from-hailstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158274\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany vs Portugal Nations League clash DELAYED as players are forced to protect themselves from hailstones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE NATIONS LEAGUE semi-final clash between Germany and Portugal had to be delayed by 10 minutes due to &#8220;adverse weather conditions&#8221; in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The situation became so unbearable that players had to protect themselves from hailstones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hail covers the pitch during a storm before the Nations League semifinal soccer match between Portugal and Germany at the Munich Football Arena, in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Matthias Schrader)\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Germany_Portugal_Nations_League_Soccer_51501-fcd46jpg-JS1000454404.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Nations League semi-final clash between Germany and Portugal had to be delayed by 10 minutes\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Germany_Portugal_Nations_League_Soccer_51501-fcd46jpg-JS1000454404.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The Nations League semi-final clash between Germany and Portugal had to be delayed by 10 minutes<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Nations League - Semi Final - Germany v Portugal - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - June 4, 2025 Germany's Alexander Nubel during the warm up as hail stones are seen falling on the pitch before the match REUTERS\/Michaela Stache\" height=\"683\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RTRMADP_SOCCER-UEFANATIONS-GER-POR-REPORT_1604011650_UP1EL641F99HK_2025-06-04T182710Zjpg-JS100045439.jpeg\" data-caption=\"Players had to protect themselves from hailstones\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RTRMADP_SOCCER-UEFANATIONS-GER-POR-REPORT_1604011650_UP1EL641F99HK_2025-06-04T182710Zjpg-JS100045439.jpeg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Players had to protect themselves from hailstones<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer player in Munich during a storm.\" height=\"482\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6edb5ec4-eadd-4db6-a8ed-4b13322808a5.jpg\" data-caption=\"Players were overwhelmed by the weather conditions\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6edb5ec4-eadd-4db6-a8ed-4b13322808a5.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Players were overwhelmed by the weather conditions<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Nations League - Semi Final - Germany v Portugal - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - June 4, 2025 Germany's Oliver Baumann reacts during the warm up as hail stones are seen falling on the pitch before the match REUTERS\/Angelika Warmuth\" height=\"621\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RTRMADP_SOCCER-UEFANATIONS-GER-POR-REPORT_247374049_UP1EL641F56HI_2025-06-04T182444Zjpg-JS1000454118.jpeg\" data-caption=\"UEFA warned match goers of possible thunderstorms\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/RTRMADP_SOCCER-UEFANATIONS-GER-POR-REPORT_247374049_UP1EL641F56HI_2025-06-04T182444Zjpg-JS1000454118.jpeg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>UEFA warned match goers of possible thunderstorms<\/p>\n<p>That match was initially expected to start at 9pm (7pm BST) local time in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the game kicked off at 9:10pm local time (7:10pm BST).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, UEFA warned match goers of possible thunderstorms in the Bavarian capital forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Around an hour before the originally scheduled kick-off time, a storm swept across northern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>And it lashed the stadium with rain, leaving the arena grass carpeted in hailstones.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers from both sides had begun their warm-up when the storm hit.<\/p>\n<p>And the players ran for cover as the conditions got too much to handle.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the weather eased up soon after and the two teams took to the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/betting\/30944508\/best-online-casino-free-spins-bonuses-10-deposits\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM \u00a310 DEPOSITS (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CASINO SPECIAL &#8211; BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM \u00a310 DEPOSITS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany and Portugal made it to the semi-finals after topping their League A groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Germans bested the likes of the Netherlands, Hungary, and Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>And the Portuguese overcame Croatia, Scotland and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY..<\/p>\n<p>The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.Like us on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSunFootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheSunFootball <\/a>and follow us from our main Twitter account at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSunFootball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheSunFootball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE NATIONS LEAGUE semi-final clash between Germany and Portugal had to be delayed by 10 minutes due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,3046,189,66975,6574,1783],"class_list":{"0":"post-158274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-portugal","12":"tag-section-sportfootball","13":"tag-section-sportfootballuefa-nations-league","14":"tag-uefa-nations-league","15":"tag-weather-latest-forecast-for-the-uk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114626734622693804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}