Like a storm, the attack of Palm trees collapsed the defense of Al-Ahly in a few minutes of the second part on date 2 of the 2025 Club World Cup.
The Brazilian team put an advantage at 49 minutes with a goal against Wessam Abou Ali and the 59 minutes José Manuel López scored 2-0.
However, another type of storm stopped the game exactly after the goal of the Argentine Palmeiras striker.
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Although the weather looked sunny at the New Jersey Metlife stadium, at minute 61 the match was interrupted. At that time a notification of alert for severe climatic conditionsasking people to abandon the discovered places. Logically, that also involves the players, who had to leave the locker room.
One side of the stadium has been cloudy, but there is no rain here yet. The sound system repeats in English and Spanish the request for the fans to leave the area discovered of Metlife. pic.twitter.com/LjBte1jcCL
— Thiago Ferri (@b_ferri) June 19, 2025
The sky around the stadium began to cloud.
This is the third consecutive day of the Club World Cup with an interrupted or postponed match for such a situation: the same happened in Orlando in the clash between Ulsan Hyundai and Mamelodi Slowns, and in Cincinatti in the Pachuca vs. match. Salzburg.
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When will the game continue? According to the climate protocol for sporting events in the United States, the activity may continue 30 minutes after the fall of the last ray. The encounter It was interrupted at 13:28 local time (14:28 of Argentina, 19:28 of Spain, 11:28 of CDMX).
