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EURO 2008: Positive reaction to new Basel pitch

/noticias.info/ There were positive reactions to the new pitch at Basel's St. Jakob-Park, used for the first time for Thursday's UEFA EURO 2008™ quarter-final between Portugal and Germany.

'Highly satisfied'
The pitch was brought in from the Netherlands to replace the surface which had suffered under the deluge of rain at last week's group-stage match between Switzerland and Turkey. "All the reactions we got are OK – official reactions from both teams and also from our experts. We're highly satisfied as regards the quality of the pitch for matches," said Euro 2008 SA media relations head Wolfgang Eichler in Vienna on Friday.

Quality was excellent
"There is room for improvement in the way the pitch looks, but we were aware of that yesterday, " he added. "As we announced yesterday, after two days, you can't expect a pitch to look perfect the way it will look in Vienna this evening. It will take a couple of days for the pitch to really look good, to have a uniform colour and look lush and green. It should be looking much better for the next match. For the players, the quality was excellent and there were absolutely no complaints about the pitch." Basel hosts the third quarter-final between the Netherlands and Russia on Saturday. notas_de_prensa_archivo