He Bayern-Benfica The Champions League was delayed because of Benfica’s ultras. Supporters of the Portuguese team lit flares in the metro Munich, which caused delays in the German city’s suburban network. The trains had to stop, causing a major collapse of the platforms of several stations near the Allianz Arena, preventing them from arriving in time to watch the match on the 4th day of the Champions League. For this reason, UEFA delayed the match, which started at 9:17 p.m.
The game, like most of the rest of the day, was scheduled for 9:00 p.m. However, the highest authority in continental football had to postpone it. They announced that the match had been delayed by 15 minutes, eventually starting 9:17 p.m., once the problems in the subway were resolved and most fans were able to access the stadium.
The meter of Munich It was affected by the incidents caused by the Lisbon ultras, who went so far as to light flares inside the facilities and even on one of the trains. They had to stop the convoy due to smoke inside, which caused activity to stop at stations near the station. Frottmaning, closest to the stadium.
The strike in the Munich metro network left the platforms of the affected stations completely full, generating significant chaos which ended up affecting the match. Champions. The absence of thousands of supporters in the stands a few minutes before the start of the match was more than evident, in addition to the queues at the entrance to the stadium moments before, due to metro delays.
For this reason, the UEFA He decided the game should start later. The duel was postponed to 9:15 p.m., when it was supposed to start sharply. It started, without major problems, two minutes later than expected, after the formal formation of the players in the center of the field and the moving minute of silence in memory of the victims of the damage in Valencia.
