Premier League game suspended due to drone

Curious incident in England

Premier League game suspended due to drone

The football fan has rarely seen anything like it. The Premier League game Southampton – Aston Villa has to be interrupted because a drone has flown into the stadium.

Published: 11 minutes ago

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Those involved look puzzled: is a drone really landing on the field?

The 42nd minute is running at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. When the score is 0-0, the away team gets a promising free kick from around 20 meters. Douglas Luiz, former partner of the Swiss Alisha Lehmann, is ready. But the Brazilian can’t take the free-kick – because referee Michael Salisbury suddenly stopped the game!

The reason? A drone has strayed into the stadium and is flying slightly above the pitch through the arena. At first the players and spectators were slightly surprised when Salisbury whistle, then they dutifully followed the referee into the cabin aisle and waited for the drone to disappear. After nine minutes we finally continue.

Aston Villa supporters are chanting loudly about the unwelcome visitor these minutes. The drone came to see Aston Villa’s excellent football. Aston Villa didn’t play that convincingly against the bottom of the table – in the end a narrow 1-0 win resulted. Villa stays close to the European Cup places, Southampton can’t get rid of the red lantern.

Pablo Perez proved less than two years ago in the game between Newell’s Old Boys and Rosario in the Argentine league that a drone does not always have to lead to a game being abandoned. A similar incident happened in the “Clasico” of Lionel Messi’s home country. Perez quickly breaks the drone and threw the ball on it – the game was finally able to continue.