04 March 2011
Memang kelakar betul la diaorang ni.....first time dpt tgk stadium banjir....
actually bukan the whole stadium tu banjir......just pada area tempat duduk penonton di bahagian atas. Kompem sistem saliran dia tak function dengan betul..... tersumbat maybe.....or mungkin masa proses pembinaan si arkitek/engineer tu tak terfikir pasal nie.....wallahualam bissawab.
Tapi ok what......bleh mandi kat swimming pool free sambil layan game football.....whatever la kan
Anyway korang layan la citer nie........
Fans take any early bath at waterlogged soccer stadium
It is usually the players who are accused of diving at football matches.
However professional the players' dives become, they are unlikely to ever get into the realms of a Tom Daley-style pike or half twist.
But fans were able to take it one step further at the Morumbi stadium in in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after it was flooded by torrential rains to such an extent that supporters donned trunks and swam in the aisles.
That's not a Mexican wave: A supporter enjoys the flooded stands at the Morumbi stadium in in Sao Paulo
Fans stripped down to their shorts and treated the 80,000-seater venue as a waterpark, plunging into the gangways of the upper tiers that had filled up with water.
Some, perhaps seeking relief from the Southern American heat, kept their team shirts on and elected to watch the game while bobbing up and down in the deep pools of rainwater.
Surprisingly, despite a severely water-logged pitch, the game between Palmeiras and Sao Paulo went ahead, against the wishes of former Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, now boss at Palmeiras, who wanted the game postponed.
Referee Marcelo Aparacido Ribiero de Souza delayed the kick-off by an hour in an attempt for the groundstaff to make the surface more playable but it was going to take more than the physio's magic sponge to soak it all up.
Have you tried it wet yet? Fans reject seats in favour of a floating brief
Poolside seat: One fans takes a swim before the game
However, it wasn't the rain that provided problems during the game.
The match was stopped for 15 minutes in the first half because of a floodlight failure, shortly after Sao Paolo took the lead.
As the game advanced into the depths of With the fans calling for a sub one duly arrived, but it was a substitute rather than a submarine, which would have been more apt given the circumstances.
The late arrival, Adriano, equalised with five minutes remaining to earn a 1-1 draw.
The result moved Palmeiras to within a point of leaders Corinthians at the top of the Sao Paulo championship and ensured their title challenge didn't sink.
