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Catania-Roma abandoned after heavy rain
Published: 14 Jan 2012 - 21:46:44
Heavy rain caused Saturday's Serie A clash between Catania and Roma in Sicily to be abandoned in the second half with the match level at 1-1.
Nicola Legrottaglie had given the hosts the lead in the 24th minute only for Daniele De Rossi to equalise three minutes later.
The match had already been delayed before kick-off due to a torrential downpour, with referee Paolo Tagliavento initially taking the players off the pitch only to return a few minutes later.
But 20 minutes into the second period he called a halt to proceedings with the view to seeing if the rain would stop and allow play to be restarted.
By that time the pitch was so water-logged that the ball wouldn't bounce or roll and the decision was eventually made to abandon the game.
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