Bad weather has a great influence on football matches, and lightning is the biggest nemesis. Rain, snow, temperature, humidity, wind and fog also have different degrees of influence. The influence of the weather on football may be far beyond our imagination. In those years, what bad weather affected the progress of the game, interfered with the results of the game, and even caused casualties?
Wind, precipitation, fog and other weather phenomena have great influence on football matches.
Lightning — — The nemesis of football match
The football field is empty and flat, and it is generally an open or semi-open open field. Strong winds are easy to enter, and the flowing air quickly rubs against the ground, generating a lot of charges. When the thunderstorm weather comes, the clouds above often carry a lot of charges, and a huge capacitor is formed between the clouds and the ground, which is easy to be struck by lightning. In addition, the player is in motion on the field, and there is a step voltage between his feet, which makes the lightning current pass through his legs and the lower part of his trunk, so that the player is easily injured by lightning.
In addition, the football field is too large, and the lightning protection facilities are difficult to take care of the whole stadium, especially in small football fields. The lightning protection facilities are not perfect. Once lightning strikes, not only the players but also the spectators on the field are in danger.
In the history of football, there have been many incidents in which players were unfortunately injured and killed by lightning when the game was held in a thunderstorm.
In September 1984, Ajax played Fortuna in the Dutch National Football League. It was raining cats and dogs, and it was thundering. Suddenly, a thunderbolt knocked down a linesman and team member Deke. Fortunately, the rescue did not cause serious consequences. On the same day, in another match in Amsterdam, 21-year-old player Jungbrad was killed by lightning.
On December 9, 1990, in santa rosa, minas gerais, Brazil, two teams were fighting fiercely in the torrential rain. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split off in the air, and almost all 22 players on the field were knocked unconscious by lightning. One of them died immediately and four were burned all over.
At the end of 1999, an African Nations Cup was being played fiercely. When the attacking players were patiently looking for the opportunity to kick their feet in the frontcourt, suddenly there was a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which made the cameras on the scene shake violently, and the players on the field fell to the ground, and some people covered their heads in pain. It was this lightning that injured eight players on the field at the same time and had to give first aid on the spot. Afterwards, when the media replayed the game, they sighed in unison, which was really a terrible thing.
Therefore, you must not play football outdoors in a thunderstorm. If you hear thunder in the process of playing football, you can squat down to lower your height and put your feet together to reduce the harm caused by stepping voltage. It is best to pause the game or training.
Rain and snow affect the vision. The goalkeeper catches the sneakers.
Rain and snow also have a great influence on football matches.
Profile photo: In the World Cup on June 13th, 2014, Mexican player El Moreno (left) and Cameroon player Ben Mukandeyo competed for the top in the rain. (Source: Sohu)
In rainy days, due to the resistance of water, the movement, speed and landing point of football are quite different from those in sunny days. There is no doubt that some shooting balls will enter in normal weather, but due to the resistance of rain, the speed of the ball drops sharply and it is easy to be saved by the other side. However, the surface of "water polo" is slippery, and the goalkeeper is easy to get rid of it when saving, which creates an opportunity for the attacking players who come quickly to make up the shot. In addition, the chances of injury to muscles, joints, ligaments and bones increase exponentially when playing football in rainy days. Athletes suffering from respiratory diseases and high fever after the game are more common.
In 1935, a football match was held in Berlin, Germany, during which it suddenly rained heavily. When a player was shooting, he suddenly kicked his foot. Due to overexertion, his shoelaces broke, and his sneakers and ball Qi Fei ran to the goal at the same time. In the dense rain, the goalkeeper saw only two things flying at the same time, and caught one in a panic. Who knows that it was actually a sneaker, and the football had reached the bottom of the net. This kind of mistake belongs to the goalkeeper’s judgment error, and the goal is of course effective.
In the group match of Asian Division of the 23rd Olympic Football Qualifiers, the match between China and Thailand, which is suitable for playing water polo, happened to be in heavy rain, and Thailand beat China with a free kick. At that time, the goalkeeper of China team was blinded by the torrential rain, and the ball was shot into the net by Pierre Peng of Thailand team, so China team was eliminated.
In the last round of Serie A in 1999-2000, Juventus fought fiercely with Perugia in the pouring rain. At that time, Juventus led Lazio by two points and ranked first in the standings. If the Bianconeri lost and Lazio won, the championship would be lost to Lazio. However, there was no suspense in the game, but it changed because of the heavy rain. The wet grass really made the Bianconeri stumble like an old woman. When calori of Perugia scored the only goal, the commentator shouted excitedly that this year’s champion belonged to Lazio.
In the 2008 European Championship, the two teams, Turkey and Switzerland, which both could not afford to lose, started to attack each other. A torrential rain came suddenly, and even a well-drained stadium had a lot of water. The heavy rain brought good luck to the Swiss, and Yakin found a bargain in the 32nd minute: because of too much water, his teammate’s cross ball stopped in front of him, and he sent this gift to his opponent’s net without adjustment. However, in the second half, the rain stopped and the accumulated water was drained away. Turkey, which had higher tactical literacy and personal ability than Switzerland, gradually took control of the game. Turan’s 92nd-minute winner made the Swiss want to cry. Rain helped the Swiss team in this competition, but it failed to help them in the end.
Playing football in the snow is a more severe test. Snow and cold are great tests for players’ technical movements.
On December 13th, 1987, at the Toyota Cup held in Tokyo, Japan, Porto and Penarol launched a snow war, which was impressive. The jerseys covered with mud and snow can’t see their true colors. Players actively fight for it on the court, and often several people fall to the ground together. Shortly after the game, the Porto defender kicked off with his big foot and kicked the frozen football. In addition to changing jerseys four times in a game, it was roughly estimated that all the players fell more than 180 times in 120 minutes.
In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, the life-and-death battle between Italy and Russia was also launched in the ice and snow. Only by winning this game can Russia enter the 1998 World Cup in France, so they call this game the Defence of Moscow. Flying snow did not bring good luck to the Russians who were used to the cold. In the end, the two sides drew 1-1, and Russia lost the qualification to March into France.
On December 16th, 2001, Lazio challenged Verona away, and the cold current frozen the snowy stadium firmly. Although the players struggled hard in the game, they did not dare to run too fast, thus creating one of the slowest games in Serie A.. Even if they were not running, some people fell to their feet, as if it were a funny dance on the skating rink. During that time, many people objected to the game. vieri once said that if I were the decision-maker, I would definitely cancel the game. We have been running on the frozen court for more than a month, which is risking the players’ lives.
High temperature and humidity bring great trouble. Athletes may suffer from heatstroke and faint.
In high temperature and humidity weather, players are prone to dehydration, fainting and other symptoms.
The experimental results show that the optimum temperature of tropical football is 25℃~28℃, temperate football is 17℃~20℃, and subtropical football is somewhere in between. The temperature will affect the coach’s tactical arrangement. Generally, in hot weather, athletes should control the ball more and reduce high-intensity running; At low temperature, players need to keep running to reach the required temperature of the body. However, the temperature is too high or too low, which is very unfavorable for football matches.
In hot weather, athletes’ body temperature often rises to about 40℃ during running. Due to the high ambient temperature, heat can only be dissipated through sweating. If the amount of sweat reaches 1-5% of body weight, the maximum oxygen uptake and muscle working ability of athletes will decrease by 30-mdash; 50%, if you don’t replenish water in time, you will have heatstroke and faint.
In addition, in order to dissipate heat, a large amount of blood flows to the surface of human body, which makes people blush, and the skin is also full of blood. In this way, the central circulating blood decreases, causing central nervous system fatigue and significantly reducing muscle activity. At the same time, too many elements such as sodium chloride, calcium, potassium and magnesium are excreted with sweat, which is also easy to cause cramps. Therefore, in the hot summer, it is best to wait until after 5 o’clock in the afternoon to play football. Without strong sunlight, people will feel more relaxed in the process of playing football.
In addition to high temperature, excessive humidity brings more trouble to football players.
The relative humidity suitable for general sports is between 50% and 60%. Humidity will affect perspiration, body heat emission and the metabolic process of water and salt in human body. Under normal temperature conditions, the greater the humidity, the greater the oxygen demand and perspiration, which will be unfavorable for long-distance running and football [2]. In football, players maintain cerebral cortex movement by inhaling oxygen, but the humidity is too high. In the process of breathing, water vapor and oxygen enter the player’s body together, which makes the inhaled oxygen not enter the circulatory system well, resulting in athletes’ lack of oxygen, and dyspnea leads to physical decline. Generally speaking, the higher the temperature, the lower the humidity people can adapt to. However, in many countries in Southeast Asia, it is often the higher the temperature and the higher the humidity, and the China team runs into the Southeast Asian team with weak feet and even cramps, which is largely due to this.
In cold winter, the ground will be frozen hard and lose its buffering power. If you accidentally fall down during playing football, it is easy to cause fractures. Secondly, the cold environment makes the blood circulation slow, the elasticity and extensibility of muscles and ligaments decrease, and the joint flexibility becomes worse, thus affecting the technical play, the technical movements are not easy to control, and the bones are relatively fragile. If there is a body collision in this case, it is easy to get injured. And too long exercise time in a cold environment will lead to excessive heat dissipation, which will affect the reaction speed and judgment ability.
Therefore, it is best not to play football in cold winter or snowy days. If you have to play football, you must make full preparations before the game and pay attention to controlling your movements during the game to avoid injury.
The wind is too strong, and the football flies around.
Playing football on windy days has a different taste: the east wind blows and the ball leans west; The west wind blows and the ball floats eastward; Against the wind, the ball landed near; With the wind, the ball landed far. The wind direction and wind speed are unpredictable, and players can only judge by practical experience. The change of wind power and direction will affect the tactical trend. Generally, the wind power in a football match is 3-5. If it is excessive, it will affect the progress of the game and lead to the decline of running ability and hypoxia.
In the first round of the World Cup in France in 1998, the wind was often between 4— About level 5. In the first half match between Paraguay and Bulgaria, Paraguay "went against the wind", and the wind speed weakened the flying speed of the ball, which also reduced the running speed of the players and made them feel uncomfortable breathing. There were almost no decent shots in the whole first half. The Bulgarian team, however, took advantage of the wind to attack on a large scale; In the second half, the Bulgarian team defended with all its strength in the "headwind", while the Paraguayan team attacked with all its strength. The two teams played a good half-court game when they were "downwind", but the ending was 0-0 that fans didn’t want to see.
In 1900, in an English football match, Manchester played against New Holland. William, the goalkeeper of Manchester United, has a thick waist and strong legs, and his feet are extraordinary. When he served a gateball, he kicked it out with a fierce kick. At this time, there was a sudden strong wind, and the ball took advantage of the wind and flew directly to the opponent’s door. The new Holland goalkeeper is talking to a teammate with his hands crossed. By the time he woke up from a dream and tried to jump up and catch the ball, it was already late, and the referee awarded Manchester a goal.
Fog affects visibility. The referee blew the wrong goal.
Heavy fog will seriously affect visibility and the smooth progress of football matches.
Profile picture: On May 30, 2010, in the match between Chile and Israel, Chilean football player Vinsuazo celebrated his goal in the fog. (Source: Sina)
On July 7, 1999, in the Copa America Group B match between Brazil and Chile, Brazil always took the lead with Ronaldo’s penalty in the first half, but in the 33rd minute of the second half, the fog suddenly floated on the field, and it became thicker and thicker. After another 7 minutes, the visibility on the field was even less than 5 meters, so the on-site officials and the referee had to negotiate with both sides to announce the suspension of the game, but the result remained unchanged at 1-0. Although the Chilean team was behind, considering that the Brazilian team was strong, and there was no problem in qualifying for our group, it also recognized this ruling, because there were many cases where the weather had to terminate the game, but there were few precedents where the game was not played afterwards, but the result was still valid.
On June 9, 1987, in Meixian Stadium, Guangdong Province, Liaoning team and Qinghai team were conducting the football preliminaries of the 6th National Games. About 10 minutes in the second half, the striker of Liaoning team received a high-profile ball from his partner, and a lion tossed his head, and the ball flew into the gate in a parabolic shape. "In, in!" In the shouts of the fans, the referee blew the whistle for the Liaoning team to score. But in an instant, a miracle happened: the ball landed outside the net. Check the net, and there is no sign of damage. Helpless, the referee had to change the sentence and failed to enter. After the game, the referee told reporters that there is only one reason that can be explained, that is, the weather: the game is played under the condition of cloudy and rainy days, and the fog always permeates the stadium. The uneven horizontal distribution of fog droplets is likely to make people have the illusion of a "mirage" about the flying football, thinking that the ball has entered the net, but it has not.
