Longer than Wimbledon final, Benfica vs Chelsea taking nearly five hours

In a match in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, Chelsea beat Benfica 4-1 after extra time to advance to the quarter-finals.

The match started at 16:00 EST on June 28, but in the 88th minute, the game was interrupted due to a severe thunderstorm warning issued in Charlotte, where the game was held.

Since then, the recovery time of the race has been repeatedly postponed due to lightning strikes in the nearby 10km. It wasn't until after a hiatus of nearly two hours that the game was finally resumed.

When stoppage time came, a handball from inside the box by Gusto led to a penalty for Chelsea, and Di Maria equalised the game in an instant and the game went to extra-time.

However, Benfica striker Prestiani was sent off shortly after extra-time with two yellows and one red, which allowed Chelsea to play an extra man for almost the entire extra-time, and they also scored three goals in a row to win.

The game ended at 20:39 EST, 279 minutes after the start of the game. Sam Wallace, a reporter for the Telegraph who was reporting from the scene, joked before the match resumed: "The Wimbledon finals are much shorter than that. ”