AFP, Atlanta :
Argentina Head Coach Lionel Scaloni hit out at the temporary grass surface installed for Thursday’s Copa America opener against Canada saying it was unsuited for a major tournament game.
The world champions beat Canada 2-0 to open their title defence but Scaloni was far from happy with the conditions his players had to deal with.
The field at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, is made of artificial turf but organisers installed grass sod on top for this tournament.
“Thank goodness we won, because otherwise it would have been a cheap excuse to sit here and say this but we’ve known we were going to play here for seven months and they changed the surface two days ago,” said Scaloni.