Leverkusen's Bundesliga game at Hamburg postponed over stadium roof concerns
Bayer Leverkusen’s game at Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga has been postponed at short notice over structural concerns involving the Hamburg stadium’s roof
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen's game at Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga on Tuesday was postponed on short notice over structural concerns involving the Hamburg stadium's roof.
In an announcement less than three hours before kickoff, the league said the Volksparkstadion had been closed because of “weather-related structural risks in the area of the stadium roof.” The game will be rescheduled for a later date.
Another game between Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt has started as scheduled. Two later games, Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen and Mainz vs. Heidenheim, are also set to go ahead.
It's the third Bundesliga game in recent days to be called off. Two games originally scheduled for Saturday were postponed due to safety concerns around snow and ice in northern Germany.
The game between Hamburg-based St. Pauli and Leipzig and another between Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim were both rescheduled to Jan. 27 earlier Wednesday.
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