Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Quarter Final - FC Saarbruecken v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbruecken, Germany - February 7, 2024 FC Saarbruecken players applaud the fans as the match is postponed due to bad weather and pitch conditions REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
SAARBRUECKEN, Germany (Reuters) - The German Cup quarter-final between Saarbruecken and Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday was postponed shortly before kickoff due to the water-soaked pitch, the German Football Association said.
Heavy rain had made the pitch unplayable despite efforts to remove the water with blowers that continued up to the teams' warmup.
A new date will be set for the last remaining quarter-final, with Bayer Leverkusen, Fortuna Dusseldorf and Kaiserslautern already through to the last four.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Ed Osmond)
