Soccer - Rain delays Germany's friendly in Austria
Soccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 General view of Germany’s Kevin Trapp in the rain as the match is delayed due to a waterlogged pitch REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
KLAGENFURT, Austria (Reuters) - Torrential rain delayed the kickoff of Germany's friendly away to Austria by one hour and 40 minutes on Saturday.
The kickoff was twice rescheduled and the German FA said on Twitter that there would be "a final attempt" to start the match at 1940 local time (1740 GMT) after a pitch inspection by referee Pavel Kralovec.
Soccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 General view of the rain as the match is delayed due to a waterlogged pitch REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
(Writing by Brian Homewood in Bern; editing by Clare Fallon)
Soccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 Germany's Mario Gomez during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerSoccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 Germany's Manuel Neuer during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerSoccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 Germany's Manuel Neuer during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerSoccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Germany - Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria - June 2, 2018 Germany coach Joachim Loew looks on during the delay to the start of the match REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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