The Real Sociedad players released yesterday afternoon the new grass that has been placed in Anoeta in the last three weeks. Imanol Alguacil raised the last training session before the game against Villarreal on the scene of the crash precisely so that the players were acclimatizing to the new mat and could step on it before tonight's stake. They were able to verify that he is significantly better than in the last matches played at the Amara Coliseum, against AZ Alkmaar and Granada, which resulted in a victory for Real in both cases.
Taking advantage of the three weeks without competition in the now called Reale Arena, the machines and staff have entered to install the new natural grass turf, which will be mixed with the artificial fibers sewn to the pitch a year ago. Although the result has not convinced Imanol
Sheriff, the grass will continue to be hybrid because the artificial part provides consistency to the natural one.
Something has happened to Anoeta's green since the stadium remodeling. This is the third time it has been changed in a period of just over two years. The absence of light caused by the new roof and the trusses has impaired its proper functioning and condition, despite the powerful lamps that continually replace it.
Imanol
Sheriff lamented the state of the pitch after the match against AZ Alkmaar and blamed him for the injury of Gorosabel. The Oriotarra coach was direct, as usual: “The field is fatal. It doesn't help us at all, anyway. We have been repeating that it is wrong. We have to think something because the players are not comfortable at all and it affects us a lot for the game. Gorosabel he has sprained his ankle as a result of the bad state of the pitch, “he said then.
“Your wishes are orders to me.” Those responsible for the club set off at the highest speed to solve the problem. The match against Granada was played on the same punished and irregular lawn, which has later been mutated and the leader already has his new carpet.
During yesterday's session, players like Monreal checking by hand the quality of the new pitch and the coach, Imanol, satisfied after testing it with heavy footsteps. The test that this new grass will have to pass will also be demanding: two games in five days from today. In December, he will enjoy a small truce: only two more meetings.
No surprises in PCR
Imanol He breathed a sigh of relief again when he learned the results of the PCR tests his players underwent during the day on Friday. New full of negatives for a staff that is knowing how to deal with the disease after a truly complicated end of summer in which the infections did not stop. La Real goes for three months without new positives.