Argentina had a triumphant debut in the Copa America 2024 after beating Canada 2-0 this Thursday. But despite the victory, the Albiceleste team was not happy due to one situation in particular: the poor condition of the field.
After the match, the players and the coach of the trans-Andean team launched strong criticism against the playing field of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, venue located in Atlanta that was chosen to host this first match of the tournament.
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“The field is a disaster. When you ran, you were jumping. Di María had a one-on-one against the goalkeeper and ended up with the right foot because she couldn’t get the ball to her foot because of how badly he was hitting. We have to improve in that aspect, otherwise the Copa América will always be at a lower level than the Euro Cup.”said goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez in dialogue with TyC Sports.
For his part, defender Cristian Romero mentioned that “The conditions of the field were very ugly. Having to play this competition on a field like this is unfortunate. He made the game difficult for us, but that’s no excuse.”
Meanwhile, the coach of Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, was lapidary with the tournament organizers for the work they did to change the surface of the field. “We have known for seven months that we are going to play here and they changed the grass two days ago. It’s not good for the show. It is not an excuse, the stadium is beautiful and with synthetic grass it should be spectacular, but with today’s it is not suitable for this type of players.”he indicated.
