Series A
Milan-Verona kick-off delayed after pitch inspection

Kick-off has been delayed by 25 minutes in Milan’s Serie A match towards Hellas Verona following a hailstorm and pitch inspection at San Siro.
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The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza was pelted with heavy rain and even hail through the warm-up that left the turf in horrible situation, with the ball not bouncing and barely even rolling in components.
Fikayo Tomori and Rafael Leao have been among the many gamers complaining that it was visibly not attainable to play in these situations.
Reasonably than kicking off at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), that second noticed the referee and two captains emerge for the pitch inspection, each bounce getting a loud cheer from the keen crowd.
It was determined that because the drainage system at San Siro was working nicely and the rain calming down, there can be one other transient warm-up for each groups earlier than kick-off, now scheduled for 14.25 UK time (13.25 GMT).
To hurry up the method, Verona gamers put their taking part in jerseys on by the facet of the pitch somewhat than going again into the locker room.