THIS is the terrifying moment three lightning bolts strike a football pitch with 300 million volts during a match.
The horror hat-trick was caught on camera in Nueva Londres, Paraguay, on January 29.
Footage of the event shows players running in fear and diving for cover as large lightning bolts hammer the turf.
They struck the ground amid deafening claps of thunder as a storm raged.
One player threw himself to the ground to avoid the strike, while another simply turned and ran.
Those involved in the game were lucky to be alive, according to one expert.
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Widinei Fernandes, a professor of geophysics, told Brazilian media: “Looking at the video, you can see it was a lightning strike formed by two or three discharges.
“In general, lightning is formed by three discharges, these discharges then take advantage of the main one to have subsequent discharges.
“People are at great risk, because a discharge could even kill a person.”
Local officials confirmed that there had been no injuries.
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Unbelievably, the match was not abandoned and continued until the final whistle.
Professor Fernandes added: “Everyone should look for covered shelter, they were very lucky, someone could have died.”
It comes after a Brazilian player was struck by lightning during a match in 2019.
Agua Santa U-20s defender Henrique thankfully made a full recovery after medics rushed to treat him.
Similarly, two players were injured by a lightning strike during a school match in Jamaica the same year.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, an eight-year-old British boy suffered severe burns and a cardiac arrest after being hit by a lightning bolt while swimming in Australia.
Thankfully, an off-duty nurse was at the beach and managed to resuscitate him, before he was stabilised in hospital.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
