This Tuesday, June 29, the Chilean National Team will face Argentina for the second date of group A of the Copa América 2024. From both teams, they already warned of the poor condition of the field where the match will take place.
In fact, this afternoon, Ricardo Gareca spoke about how the remodeling of the synthetic field to real grass affected the MetLife Stadium, one of the most criticized playing fields in the NFL.
In a press conference, the “Tigre” stressed: “These are not the best scenarios, beyond the intention (of the organization). I see that the players have problems and that these problems are in the majority of the games.”
Furthermore, he concluded by saying: “The field is dry, it is small and logically there are some unevenness as a result of arranging the field for the cup.”
In Argentina they accuse the same problem as Chile with the MetLife Stadium
From TyC Sports They noticed the poor condition of the venue, highlighting that: “As happened with the Atlanta United field, the one in the inaugural match that brought so much controversy, the MetLife Stadium field It was synthetic and natural grass was recently placed on top exclusively for the Copa América.”
Along those lines, they add that: “Although from what they were able to find out and test in the technical staff, the field conditions of the usual home of the Giants and the Jets of the NFL are better than that of the Mercedesthe issue of hitting the ball is what promptly sets off the alarms“.
Finally, they add that: “The Scaloneta players they are not used to since the fields where they usually play, most of them in Europe, do not have that particularity.”
Day and time of the match between Chile vs Argentina
Argentina and Chile will face each other this Tuesday June 25th counting from the 21:00 hours.
The Trans-Andeans have just beaten the Canadian National Team 2-0 in their debut, while La Roja achieved a poor goalless draw against Peru.
