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Greg Evans
Jan 30, 2021
![Can you guess how many footballers wearing white are in this picture of a snow-covered pitch?](https://www.indy100.com/media-library/image.png?id=28056394&width=1245&height=700&quality=85&coordinates=0%2C27%2C0%2C27)
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As it’s January there has predictably a lot of snow in the UK, but things seem to carry on regardless… and the same can be said on the other side of Europe in Turkey.
A few weeks ago a football match took place in the Turkish Super Lig between Istanbul Basaksehir and Sivasspor. However a heavy snowfall at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium caused something unusual to happen which could well be a first in the world of football.
While Basaksehir were perfectly visible in the usual home colours of orange and black the same could not be said for their opponents. Sivasspor, who usually play in red and white stripes were in their away kit of just white. As you can imagine, this led to a quite a problem for anyone trying to watch the match and presumably the players on the pitch.
Just for fun, try and guess how many players wearing white are in the picture below?
Two teams in Turkey played through the snow today. One team wore white…😂 @brfootball https://t.co/zvJf9ldVPG— Bleacher Report (@Bleacher Report) 1610821675
It is hard to tell but believe it or not there are six Sivasspor players in that picture.
Images of the game soon went viral as people were baffled as to how the match was even allowed to carry on.
On another hilarious note, snow started to fall around the 20th minute of the Basaksehir-Sivasspor game. Start of… https://t.co/x1RlCHSK9i— Yakup Marufoglu (@Yakup Marufoglu) 1610808700
Sivasspor decided to play in white against Basaksehir earlier today, despite the pitch being covered in snow. Here… https://t.co/KEWcfW5j14— Football on BT Sport (@Football on BT Sport) 1610819272
We’ve created a new game... spot the #Sivasspor players... who decided wearing a white kit during snow was a good i… https://t.co/d2eF1n8xPE— Thomas Amiral-Moody (@Thomas Amiral-Moody) 1610893736
Sivasspor players playing in a white strip, in the snow and still manage to hide behind the winter ball 🤪 https://t.co/NaxVmMO1Si— ΛROUND THE GROUNDS (@ΛROUND THE GROUNDS) 1610837573
Istanbul club Sivasspor decided to wear white in the snow. Look closely, there are two teams on the field. https://t.co/yshiOEAgBe— BroBible (@BroBible) 1610814717
The referee even had to use white foam for the markings during a free-kick making it even harder to see what was going on.
@BleacherReport @osmanagba @brfootball and the referee used white foam 😂 https://t.co/XzabucgYeq— namık polat (@namık polat) 1610837215
Amazingly the match did finish in a 1-1 draw between the two sides which is probably only fair.
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