I mean, where do I start?
Chaos, carnage, absurd, a joke. These are all terms that have been used to describe what happened during Chelsea’s round of 16 tie with Benfica last night.
With less than five minutes to go and the Blues winning 1-0, the game was seemingly petering to a conclusion. But suddenly, everything changed.
Being in Florida, storms are rather common this time of year, and one hit at the worst possible time for Enzo Maresca’s side. The game had to be stopped, and the players sent in.
As a Brit, it was weird to see, but the hope was that the storm would pass and the players would be back in no time. But oh boy, that was not the case in the slightest.
It took 113 minutes for the game to restart.
Crazy, I know. I have never seen anything like it. We have had five other delays at this Club World Cup, but none like this. It changed the match, suddenly, Benfica had a new lease of life.
The Portuguese side levelled the tie in stoppage time through a dodgy penalty, and it meant that we were forced to watch extra time four hours after the game had kicked off. Yep, four hours. Mental.
In the end, Chelsea routed to a 4-1 win in the extra 30 minutes and will now face Palmeiras in the next round.
It was just a weird, weird night.