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13-10-2014, 08:50 PM
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By the way, S$800,000 pitch. What a welcome insult to brazil and japan. Sports minister, any word?
https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fi...77-soccer.html (https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/singapore-s-new-national-stadium-sells-out-japan-brazil-clash--but-will--appalling--pitch-hold-up-030457777-soccer.html)
All 55,000 tickets have been snapped up for a blockbuster exhibition between football giants Brazil and Japan at the new Singapore National Stadium on Tuesday.
This is the first-ever sold-out event at the crown jewel of the billion-dollar Singapore Sports Hub, according to event promoter World Sport Group.
While all eyes will be on the likes of Brazilian golden boy Neymar and Blue Samurai heartthrob Keisuke Honda, it is the abysmal state of the National Stadium’s pitch that threatens to upset the show.
A Reuters report on Friday said the “appalling” playing surface “seemed to have as much sand on it as grass, and was cut up in several areas”.
The S$800,000 pitch, a hybrid of natural grass and artificial fibres, is reportedly so “poor” that both countries may not trot out their biggest stars at the risk of injury.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?191900-disgraceful-soccer-pitch-for-brazil-national-team&goto=newpost).
By the way, S$800,000 pitch. What a welcome insult to brazil and japan. Sports minister, any word?
https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fi...77-soccer.html (https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/singapore-s-new-national-stadium-sells-out-japan-brazil-clash--but-will--appalling--pitch-hold-up-030457777-soccer.html)
All 55,000 tickets have been snapped up for a blockbuster exhibition between football giants Brazil and Japan at the new Singapore National Stadium on Tuesday.
This is the first-ever sold-out event at the crown jewel of the billion-dollar Singapore Sports Hub, according to event promoter World Sport Group.
While all eyes will be on the likes of Brazilian golden boy Neymar and Blue Samurai heartthrob Keisuke Honda, it is the abysmal state of the National Stadium’s pitch that threatens to upset the show.
A Reuters report on Friday said the “appalling” playing surface “seemed to have as much sand on it as grass, and was cut up in several areas”.
The S$800,000 pitch, a hybrid of natural grass and artificial fibres, is reportedly so “poor” that both countries may not trot out their biggest stars at the risk of injury.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?191900-disgraceful-soccer-pitch-for-brazil-national-team&goto=newpost).