AZ Alkmaar v Atromitos abandoned 57 mins rest of match to be played tomorrow

[Up the Shrimpers]

AZ Alkmaar's Europa League game was abandoned tonight due to a small fire at the stadium. Interesting that the remainder of the match is to be played tomorrow at 11am.

I still feel that a similar rule should be brought in for League matches here. We all know about our game at Aldershot last season & look at Doncaster 3-1 up at Charlton and the whole match has to be replayed. OK there could be problems with getting the same players available if there is a gap between the abandoned game and the part of the game that still needs to be completed but surely it is a fair way of deciding the match.

 

[Davros]

I believe they apply this rule in the Dutch and German leagues too. Completely the right thing to do, on the basis that say, at least half time has been reached

 

[chapperzUK]

Think they do it in the Spanish leagues too. Remember Real Madrid were something like 3-0 up with 5 minutes to go before the stadium had to be evacuated for a bomb scare.

On an interesting note, Alkmaar got reduced to 10 men after Henriksen got sent off, and replays showed that he didn't even touch the player and was never a red card.

 

[Blue_Wes]

Think they do it in the Spanish leagues too. Remember Real Madrid were something like 3-0 up with 5 minutes to go before the stadium had to be evacuated for a bomb scare.

On an interesting note, Alkmaar got reduced to 10 men after Henriksen got sent off, and replays showed that he didn't even touch the player and was never a red card.

It was a bit more dramatic than that. It was 1-1 with 2/3 minutes to go when they evacuated the stadium. The game was completed shortly after but not before they sacked their manager (I can't remember who it was in charge - but he must be the only manager to get sacked mid way through a match), and Luxembergo took over. Even though it was only 2/3 minutes, Real Madrid managed to win a penalty that Zinedane converted to win the match 2-1.