Football news - ‘Abandon the game’ – Snow stops certain goal for Genki Haraguchi in Bundesliga
Imagine rounding the goalkeeper, shooting towards an empty net for a certain goal… only for the ball to stop on the line because of snow.
That’s the unfortunate experience Genki Haraguchi had on Sunday as the weather intervened to deny him a first goal for Hannover 96 during his side’s clash with Bayer Leverkusen.
Watch what happened above – or scroll down for a glorious recreation with still images.
1. 'Just round the goalkeeper, Genki'
2. 'Pop it into the empty net'
3. 'Too easy'
4. 'Hang on...'
5. 'Balls'
Despite ground staff working tirelessly to clear the pitch, the game was played in crazy conditions which baffled some fans.
Probably shouldn’t have bothered…
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