FIFA, on guard! Critics after the first game on the stadium that will host the final of the World Club Championship

Metlife Stadium, the New Jersey arena with a capacity of 82,500 seats, will host 9 matches at this edition of the World Club Champion. The first one took place last night and put FC Portoiras face to face. It was 0-0 after the 90 minutes of play.

After the match, the players and coaches of the two teams made a common front against the lawn they played. It is a sensitive subject, because Metlife Stadium will host both the semifinals and the final of the competitionand next year important matches at the World Cup!

Critics after the first game on the stadium that will host the final of the World Club Championship

“I think the lawn had to be watered a little longer. The ball circulates slowly and this affects the rhythm of the game,” he reacted It'sstill-player Palmeiras (after this competition will go to Chelsea).

His coach, Abel Ferreiracommented on the same note: “At first, the land was dry. I do not know who is the holy protector of the rain, but after it was raining we could play.”

And Ze Pedro From FC Porto it was complained that the land “could be better”. The coach of the “dragons”, Martin Anselmihe added that “the land made us be a little inaccurate, especially when we wanted to accelerate the game.”

• Normally, Metlife Stadium serves as a house of two NFL teams, the main American football league, New York Giants and New York Jets.

For NFL matches, Metlife Stadium provides an artificial lawn, but For the parties at the FIFA competition passed to a natural lawn, the variant for hot weather.

If in the middle of last week it was hot, the temperatures dropped to 15 degrees Celsius, according to The Athletic, a possible explanation for which the lawn was not in parameters.

• The next match that will take place on Metlife Stadium is Fluminense – Borussia Dortmund, in Group F, on Tuesday, from 12:00, 19:00 in Romania.