🤡 Barely visible on the pitch: referee inspects an unplayable surface

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·24 January 2026

🤡 Barely visible on the pitch: referee inspects an unplayable surface

Winter is clearly raging in Turkey as well. Heavy snowfall is currently causing game cancellations there. These are imposed by the referees, who have evidently followed protocol precisely in this case.

❄️ 🌨️Kahramanmaraş’ta stadyum zeminini kaplayan yaklaşık 40 santimetrelik kar tabakası futbol oynamaya geçit vermedi. 👥 Hakem heyetinin yaptığı son incelemelerin ardından Kahramanmaraş İstiklalspor 🆚 1461 Trabzon FK maçı ptal edildi.
– Friday, 23 January 2026

In Kahramanmaraş, a city in the southern part of Anatolia in Turkey, up to 40 centimeters of snow have recently fallen. Under these conditions, it's obvious that no ball can roll.

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The referee, as seen in the video, still played it safe under the watchful eyes of his colleagues. What was already quite visible was made clear: The field is definitely unplayable!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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