ABYSMAL LAWN IN WEMBLEY
The Barça went back to play on a 'field of potatoes' in Wembley
Published:3/10/2018 - 20:39h
Updated:4/10/2018 - 04:03h
The FC Barcelona had to play against the Valladolid, in the party of LaLiga Santander, in a regrettable state of the lawn. This same problem moved to the Champions League, playing in front of the Tottenham on a 'patatal'
The Real Valladolid decided replantar the lawn of the alone field four days before the dispute of the party in front of the FC Barcelona and the consequences were evident: the terrain of game filled of potholes, something that entorpeció the game and that put in danger the integrity of the players.
Well, the nightmare repeated in the Champions League. The FC Barcelona had to play an important party against the Tottenham Hotspur in a mythical stage: the stadium of Wembley. However, the terrain of game was not to the height neither of what was the meeting neither of the own stadium, witness of big meetings.
Already from the warming, the players could conserve like the terrain of game showed a regrettable state, especially in the zone of the centre of the field. The lawn raised with an alarming ease, remaining several pieces of the terrain of game without green in a lot of zones of the field.
Of course, the bad state of the terrain of game affected negatively to the speed of circulation of the ball, something hurtful in a style like the Barcelona, based in the possession. Play in a lawn of said characteristics goes back even dangerous for the players, that have more risk of injury.
Badly appearance of the lawn of Wembley. Problem added to the Tottenham -Barcelona. I fill ensured. 1300 followers of the Barcelona will be in the terracings pic.twitter.com/vcnhlxezrc
— Alfredo Martínez (@Alfremartinezz) 3 October 2018
The Barça could sobreponerse
In spite of the bad state of the terrain of game in Wembley, the FC Barcelona achieved to do circulate well the balloon and take him out split to his game of possession. The two goals that Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic attained in the first time gave tranquility to the team of Ernesto Valverde, that treated to control the party by means of the usual rondos, taking out split to that had a player more in the centre of the field.