Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Snowballs hold up Spanish football match

Snowball throwing halted Atletico Madrid's home match against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend.

The game was held up for a minute as fans took advantage of heavy snowfall in the Spanish capital to aim a barrage towards the visitors' goal on Sunday.



Referee Cesar Muniz Fernandez said: "The home fans threw numerous snowballs towards the Bilbao goal, some of them hitting the goalkeeper. In the fifth minute, I was forced to stop the game."

The game restarted after a message was put out over the stadium's public address system asking fans to desist.

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