San Siro staff address the claim on condition of the pitch ahead of Champions League final
San Siro Ground staff, which are responsible for playing surface at Milan’s San Siro stadium has rubbished the claims that condition of pitch is poor, ahead of Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atlético on 28th May.
EFA’s senior match operations manager, Keith Dalton was quoted as saying, “We have to tackle a lot of problems if we want a field worthy of the final.”
San Siro staff address the claim on condition of the pitch ahead of Champions League final
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“With all due respect, the head groundsman is very young but he is the only one in the operations team with any technical skill. At best, the others can hold a fork.
“The grass will be ready in time. The Spanish fans can relax. We are aiming very high with regard to quality.
“But we want perfection because we are talking about the Champions League final. I am sure it will be done.”
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In a response San Siro issued a statement: “What he says, aside from not being true, does not correspond with what UEFA have officially told us and is totally contradictory because he even says that the pitch can be in a totally perfect condition,” read the statement, published by Gazzetta dello Sport.
“This will happen thanks to the work of the technical and operational staff, coordinated by the San Siro’s agronomist, who has the same role for the Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B, with workers who are absolutely adequate in terms of quality and quantity with professionalism and many years of experience and roles recognised on a national and international level.
We would like to remind also that the monitoring of the pitch for the Champions League final was started by UEFA and its advisors last October with periodic evaluations and it currently has a rating of 4.5 out of 5, and will reach 5 by May 28.
“Furthermore, the pitch has been examined by delegates of the finalists, who judged it to be in a good condition. If there had been any criticism, we would have been told to relay the field, which is something that has not been necessary in the past three years at the San Siro during a season precisely because of the excellent level it has obtained, unlike other pitches which have staged UEFA finals.”