England u21s clash with Germany SUSPENDED as stadium plunged into semi-darkness and players taken off pitch
ENGLAND UNDER-21s' clash with Germany came to a halt after a floodlight failure.
With just seconds left of the first half remaining, the Nitra Stadium in Slovakia was plunged into semi darkness.
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That forced Dutch referee Sander van der Eijk to stop the action.
Eventually, with only a minute of additional time to go, the official called in captains Harvey Elliott and his German counterpart Merlin Rohl.
Lights on one side of the ground were still working, but none on the other were either.
Both sets of players were left walking around with half the ground in darkness.
Following further discussions, the decision was made to blow 30 seconds early for the break while technicians quickly got to work trying to fix the problem.
That summed up a dire first half for Lee Carsley's side as they went in two goals behind.
Lukas Ullrich floated a beautiful ball over the head of flat-footed Jarell Quansah that was met by an excellent touch from Ansgar Knauff before the winger drilled past James Beadle after just two minutes.
And the scorer turned provider moments before the lights went out as his cross was headed home by Nelson Weiper.
England defeated Czechia 3-1 in their first group game, courtesy of goals by Elliott, Jonathan Rowe and Charlie Cresswell.
Carsley's men followed that up with a 0-0 bore draw vs Slovenia last time out.
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