Because it is raining and there is no drainage in the stadium, the cup game between Saarbrücken and Gladbach is canceled shortly before kick-off. The lawn in Ludwigspark has been a political issue for a long time – the city of Saarbrücken is sure to be ridiculed.
Ten minutes before kick-off, the last hope consisted of two brave groundskeepers and two rakes. The rain fell incessantly and particularly visibly in front of the floodlights on the playing field of Saarbrücken’s Ludwigsparkstadion, which at this point already consisted more of mud and water than blades of grass. The two groundskeepers checked a few places with their equipment, but it was like trying to paint a house wall with a brush or sweep the beach with a broom. One of the groundskeepers even slipped.