Vicente Del Bosque’s charges received a good omen before their first qualifier for 2014 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Georgia-c2903 that they will have to play on artificial turf of the Boris Paichadze Stadium.
Spain's last visit to a former Soviet Union country was to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lithuania-c2944 in March 2011, which was a torture for Spanish players who bemoaned the artificial turf. The World champions’ played in Kaunas with sub-zero temperatures and in a stadium whose pitch likened
to a potato field.
The wildest fears of La Roja players were regarding the fact they will have to play on a ground with similar conditions. However, the aforementioned troubles of the Iberian representatives will not happen in Tbilisi.
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http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Armenia-c2842 in October 2009.
Georgia took on the challenge of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belarus-c2849 last Friday with the grass height being cut to their liking, while also showing that it has been watered as well.
The weather should not be a concern to La Roja, with a maximum of 27 degrees and a minimum of 16 expected for the fixture, whilst also being showered with rains.
There are no other problems that the World and European champions have, with only the pitch conditions being the only external factor that hinders with their excellent playing technique.
The stadium has a capacity of 56,000 people, but in the past has hosted well beyond its capacity. In 1979 around 110,000 fans watched Dinamo and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809, and in 1995 a similar number of spectators enjoyed the visit of German national team.
Efforts of Georgian football federation has led to fruition, make the stadium one of the best in the former states of Iron Curtain in Europe. UEFA has realized the steps taken by the European minnows, awarding them the right to host the 2015 European Super
cup, after being impressed with quality of facilities. Tbilisi was granted the right to host the final and stands in line after Prague and Cardiff.
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