AP25 de oct, 2023, 20:20 ETLectura: 2 min.
Chiefs and Dolphins, and Patriots and Colts, will collide in Frankfurt a week apart next November
The NFL will have hybrid field for its first two games in Frankfurt next month, a year after players complained about slipping on natural grass in Munich.
The hybrid surface was installed last week in the Deutsche Bank Park ahead of the November 5 match between the Kansas City Chiefs y Miami Dolphins. Afterwards, they will play New England Patriots before the Indianapolis Colts with a week apart.
Deutsche Bank Park’s playing surface will be hybrid for the NFL, following criticism after last year’s game.Getty Images
After the first game of the NFL regular season in Germanythe players and coaches of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers y Seattle Seahawks They complained about the surface at the Allianz Arena, home of the champions of the Bundesligahe Bayern Munich. The game caused such damage that the grass had to be replaced afterwards.
“It is definitely something that we are always reevaluating, colleagues from the United States are reevaluating and requested that for this year we have another surface there,” he said. Alexander Steinforththe general manager of the NFL in Germanya The Associated Press.
Hybrid surfaces are commonly used throughout Europa in football stadiums. Systems vary, but fields are generally 90 percent or more natural grass with synthetic fibers woven in for reinforcement. The field of Liverpool installed in Anfield in 2022 it is 95 percent natural grass.
Playing surfaces have been a hot topic since the Week 1 in the NFLwhen Aaron Rodgers He ruptured his left Achilles tendon in his debut with the New York Jets.
The NFL said it is collaborating with the host stadium to “ensure that the playing field is in the best possible condition and complies with the mandatory practices of the NFL”.
2023-10-26 00:20:00
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