Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Le Graet slams poor pitches at Euro 2016 - praises security (The Associated Press)

Italy players attend a walk around session at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, France, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Italy will face Ireland in a Euro 2016 Group E soccer match in Lille on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

France coach Didier Deschamps was unhappy with the quality of the field at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille for Sunday's match against Switzerland and was scathing about the state of the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, where France played against Albania four days earlier. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday at the national team's Clairefontaine training camp on the outskirts of Paris, Le Graet backed his coach. ''For our league to become better quality, it needs better pitches.


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