📸 Match halted for 8 minutes as dark smoke drifts over Hannover

Not much time had passed in the top second-division match between Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum when the big pyrotechnics began in the stands of the Heinz von Heiden Arena.It was especially the traveling...

�� Match halted for 8 minutes as dark smoke drifts over Hannover
📸 Match halted for 8 minutes as dark smoke drifts over Hannover

Not much time had passed in the top second-division match between Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum when the big pyrotechnics began in the stands of the Heinz von Heiden Arena.

It was especially the traveling Bochum fans who really went all out, covering the Maschsee metropolis with a dark cloud of smoke.

For referee Tobias Reichel, it was too much – the official interrupted the match for a full eight minutes and 35 seconds.

This, by the way, was much to the chagrin of 'Sky' expert Torsten Mattuschka, who repeatedly demanded during the broadcast that the game should be resumed immediately.


However, his wish was not granted.

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