Barça: Vallecas’s grass, ‘shivering’ after Filomena’s passage

Jan 27, 2021 at 20:36

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They have accessed the facilities of the ancient Vallecano temple and, as usual, have gone out to feel the grass. And there they have run into a playing field in quite bad condition. Socavones, clay clapas and, in short, a grass far from what they are used to in the carpets of the Camp Nou and the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.

And, according to what we have been told, until just a few days ago it was completely covered with snow after the passage of the storm Filomena. In fact, the cup match against Elche was played by the franjirrojo team in the Ciudad del Fútbol de las Rozas because Vallecas was impractical. The club did not make workers available to remove the snow until a few days ago and Iraola’s team had to train in Valdebebas (Madrid gave them their facilities).

Neither Vallecas nor the Sports City were operational. A handicap without a doubt for both teams, but above all for a Barça accustomed to playing on perfect mats (although it is true that they recently played a match on Cornellà’s artificial turf).

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