Went to a pre-season tournament at Old Trafford a number of years ago for a double-header: PSV v Boca Juniors and Man U v Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan.
After 80 or so minutes of the PSV-Boca game the heavens opened with huge flashes of lightning just as in Donetsk tonight and the referee finished the game there and then and it was decided the Man U-Urawa game wouldn’t take place.
Two things I remember:
1. Some poor guy trying to explain to 1500 or so Japanese fans that they were not going to see their heroes play against Urawa ;) ,
and 2. It was obvious something cataclysmic was going to happen – Boca were leading 1-0 with a goal scored by….
…. Mauro Boselli.