Professional Football Association "Must improve grass for K-League competitiveness"

Professional Football Association "Must improve grass for K-League competitiveness"

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The Korea Professional Footballers Association (hereinafter referred to as the Korea Professional Football Association) has called for an urgent improvement in the poor grass conditions of the soccer field, which have emerged seriously in recent K-League games.

"We are deeply concerned about the poor grass conditions experienced by professional players during recent games," the Korea Federation of Players said today (4th), adding, "If the quality of the grass is excessively damaged, the safety of the players is threatened and it is difficult to perform at their best."

"In order to maintain the competitiveness of Korean clubs and national teams in international competitions, it is essential to improve the basic game environment," he added.

Earlier in the match between FC Seoul and Gimcheon Sangmu held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium yesterday, the poor grass condition was a big controversy.

In particular, the players had to suffer from the deep grass throughout the game, with Seoul's striker Lingard tripping over the deep pan grass and complaining of pain for a while while making a change of direction.

Kim Hoon-ki, general secretary of the Korea Professional Sports Association, said, "I agree that it is not easy to manage grass due to the cold weather in the middle of winter and the heat and rainy season in summer. Still, we need to improve through a lot of investment." 메이저놀이터

"I understand that Japan's J-League Secretariat has raised 10 billion yen (about 97 billion won) in subsidies to transform the autumn and spring system," he said. "We will come up with a sustainable solution through cooperation with related organizations."