Saturday's Asian Football Confederation U-23 Championship game between Uzbekistan and Vietnam provided a rare chance to witness soccer being played on a snow-covered field. To make things more interesting, Uzbekistan was dressed in all-white uniforms, and the game was played with a flourescent ball.
Uzbekistan beat Vietnam 2-1, and you can't tell us that wearing uniforms that blended in with the snow wasn't a factor.
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Final of the AFC U23 Championships in the snow.....featuring....a light coloured ball and an Uzbekistan side decked out in all white. Just about sums it up. pic.twitter.com/KQ4W6oJKwO— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) January 27, 2018
Meanwhile back in China...the final of the AFC U23s is paused to sweep snow off the pitch and restore the markings....not quite sure the centre circle is any longer...an actual circle though. pic.twitter.com/MnioZMTDXW— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) January 27, 2018
Pitch has been freshly remarked at halftime in the snow at the AFC U23 Championships final in Jiangsu...just not quite sure they nailed the goal markings though... pic.twitter.com/2cBIfTtn19— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) January 27, 2018
In the latest scenes from the AFC U23 Final, halftime has been going for about an hour as they try to clean the snow. Using one crew that did things a half at a time and by the time they'd finished one end the other was covered agin... pic.twitter.com/MYIEY1xKsR— Scott McIntyre (@mcintinhos) January 27, 2018
Uzbekistan beat Vietnam 2-1, and you can't tell us that wearing uniforms that blended in with the snow wasn't a factor.
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