Why was the start of the Argentine National Team match delayed?

The intense rains that affected Maturín caused the playing field to accumulate too much water. Thus, at the request of the Albiceleste coaching staff, the match was delayed so that the drying work could continue.

vs. Venezuela, delayed

As a consequence of the heavy rains that affected the area of ​​Maturín, Venezuela, The match between the Argentine National Team and the Vinotinto for the South American Qualifiers was delayed half an hour due to the large amount of water accumulated on the playing field..

About three hours before the meeting, a strong storm affected the playing fieldwhich quickly began to accumulate large amounts of water. As soon as the rain stopped, the drying work began, but The images showed that the work would be more than arduous to leave the playing field in good condition..

The step by step of the rain in Venezuela that delayed the Argentine National Team match

The step by step of the rain in Venezuela that delayed the Argentine National Team match

Although the strong storms stopped, the truth is that the rain continued intermittentlysomething that made the stadium conditioning tasks even more difficult. In any case, the stadium employees They did everything they could to speed up the drainage.

Despite the work, the truth is that, when the players went out to warm up, the ball clearly did not roll well on the grasssomething that was even demonstrated by Pablo Aimar, who gestured to imply that, like this, it was impossible to play.

This is how the ball runs in the Monumental Stadium of Maturín

This is how the ball runs in the Monumental Stadium of Maturín

Given this -and at the request of the Albiceleste coaching staff-, The organization’s decision was to delay the start of the match for at least half an hour.to continue with the drainage work and thus be able to leave the playing field in the best possible conditions.

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