Sunderland's friendly against Rangers has been abandoned after a powercut hit the Estadio Municipal de Albufeira. With Sunderland leading 1-0 at half-time, the teams were returning to the field for the second period when the floodlights went off along with all power inside the stadium.
Black Cats head coach Alex Neil could be seen speaking to officials from Rangers and referee Helder Malheiro as they tried to decide what to do. With darkness falling quickly, there was no possibility of playing on without floodlights.
And while some emergency lighting eventually came on in the main stand, and part of two floodlights came back on, after a delay of around 45 minutes an announcement was made confirming that the game was called off, and Sunderland's players came across to applaud their fans before heading for the tunnel.
