Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Pitch concerns return ahead of Euro 2016 quarterfinals (The Associated Press)

Portugal coach Fernando Santos inspects the pitch of the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Portugal will face Poland in a Euro 2016 quarter final soccer match in Marseille on Thursday. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

For organizers at a tournament like the European Championship, the less talk there is about the pitch, the better. Portugal coach Fernando Santos is concerned that the state of the grass at Marseille's Stade Velodrome could mean less of a spectacle when his team faces Poland on Thursday. France coach Didier Deschamps went as far as to call the Marseille pitch ''a disaster'' after players slipped during his team's group stage win over Albania.


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