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For astonishing reasons, Ferencváros cannot play his national BL group matches at the Puskás Arena, which has a capacity of more than three times the capacity of the Groupama Arena, although it was built for such situations:
the turf has just started to be replaced at the national stadium, which won’t be ready in time for the FTC to play all three home games here. The BL announcement, on the other hand, does not allow a team to host their home group matches at different venues.
One of today’s articles in National Sports reveals that, of course, Fradi’s leaders also suggested that if UEFA allowed BL meetings to be held in front of spectators up to a third of their capacity, it would be better to play in front. to three times more frads in Puskás than in Üllői út. But according to the article
“(…) the club got in contact with the Puskás Arena, whose management (..) informed Ferencváros that due to technical reasons it was not going to be able to hold the three national matches of BL with them.
Tens of thousands of potential spectators and interested people immediately asked the question: what could be the technical reason why the most important Hungarian club matches of the last 11 years are not being held in the national arena? (During the last performance of the Hungarian BL group, in the fall of 2009, Debrecen played all three Hungarian matches in the former Puskás, in front of the packed house).
The solution is in a report article published in National Sports a week ago.
On September 24, the sports newspaper published an article entitled “Like the living room carpet: before the Neuers, we went to the Puskás field” on one of the least discussed aspects of the next Super Cup final, that is, the preparing the lawn for the big event. In this article, the head of the lawn care subcontractor, while surrounding the staff in the field, stated that
“Then comes a complete turf change. At the Puskás Arena, a one-year life cycle was taken into account when designing the hybrid track. After the clash between Bayern and Sevilla, one of the tractor machines seen in the corridor crosses the track and collects the live grass on ropes with almost impeccable precision, all of this so that the structure of the ground and the artificial grass deposited remain almost intact. The grass will be replanted and, after five weeks, the playing field will be suitable for football again ”.
Therefore, the national stadium must have grass annually. This in itself is somewhat surprising, especially in light of the fact that the MTK track, which has also recently been completed and also uses this hybrid artificial grass technology, has to replace the live part of the grass every two years.
But things become almost incomprehensible in light of the fact that since the inauguration of the Puskás Arena in November 2019, there have been special moments due to the epidemic, for which a total of 5 games have been played so far: the inauguration against Uruguay, the final of the Hungarian Cup, the preparatory of the U21 team. her match, 2-3 in the League of Nations against Russia in the national team and the final of the Super Cup. That is, the builders were able to play a gift match on the field before the opening, so make it 6. Meanwhile, due to the hospitality of Kispest on the similarly structured MTK turf, 16 champions, various football matches American and some non-public games are held twice a season.
The five-week turf will be fatal for BL group matches because they will take place on the following match days:
October 20 and 21; October 27 and 28; November 3 and 4; November 24 and 25; December 1 and 2; December 8 and 9
Only Thursday night’s draw will reveal who Fradi’s group opponents will be and whether the team will start at home or away, but it is certain that since there will be two rounds in October, a home game will fall on the grass at the Best of cases. even if it is completed in early November.
The National Sports Centers confirmed in their 444 questions that Fradi really cannot play his matches here due to the grass after 5 (6) matches. Their full answer, which doesn’t explain why they need to change the lawn after so much use, was:
The Puskás Arena lawn is cared for by renowned professionals from all over Europe, using the most modern equipment available, ventilation machines and sunbathing machines. These facts have been confirmed in various reports by the European Football Association (UEFA).
The installation of the field system took into account a certain life cycle, after which renovation of the playing surface is sometimes unavoidable to ensure a high standard at all times. Turf renovation is a multi-week process, and the competition schedule, pre-booked events (UEFA Super Cup, national team matches, European Football Championship) and the right weather conditions for growth have precisely determined the period in which this can take place. Work began immediately after the Super Cup and will be completed in time for the November Nations League meetings, a possible qualification for the European Championship. Ferencváros has decided to hold all his domestic meetings in his own home.
Congratulations to Fradi for the cup so far and we wish the group much success.
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