A fire broke out in the National Stadium of Andorra this Friday, the day before the England team faced their counterpart from the small nation in a match for the European qualifiers for the World Cup.
The Andorran government reported that the fire was put out by firefighters shortly after it started.
The president of the Andorran Football Federation, Félix Álvarez, said that they hope the incident does not prevent the match from going according to plan.
“The main thing is that there were no deaths or injuries,” said Álvarez. “There was only material damage. We are working on it so that the game can take place tomorrow. The planning remains the same ”.
The fire consumed a lower part of the stadium, very close to the wings at the height of the midfield. A thick cloud of black smoke came from the flames that burned under a platform for television cameras.
England had just trained on the artificial turf and had left the scene when the fire started.
The National State of the principality located in the Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France has 3,300 towns.
England meet Andorra on Saturday in a Group I match of the European qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. England leads the group with 16 points and Andorra is second to last with three.
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