It’s always a nuisance when a game gets delayed for the fans, but usually it’s down to something that makes sense and can’t be avoided – excess traffic or issues getting supporters to the stadium.
Even the floodlights having issues is almost acceptable because electrical faults happen, but a game being delayed due to the lines of the penalty area being crooked is pretty unforgiveable:
Hellas Verona-Genoa inizierà con 15 minuti di ritardo. Le righe delle aree di rigore erano storte @SkySport pic.twitter.com/W5PqklE527
— Alessandro Alciato (@AAlciato) January 12, 2020
It seems the Verona and Genoa fans will need to wait at least 15 minutes for the mistake to be rectified. In some ways it’s probably a good thing that it was noticed now – VAR already has a bad name, could you imagine the outrage if a penalty was or wasn’t given due to a crooked line?