Arsenal
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Barcelona will play their third and remaining La Liga match earlier than the primary worldwide break of the season away to Rayo Vallecano on the Estadio de Vallecas in Madrid on Sunday, and let’s simply say the circumstances shall be lower than preferrred.
These are the images that El Chiringuito received on Wednesday of the present state of the enjoying floor, and it doesn’t look good in any respect:
That’s precise footage of the particular pitch of the particular stadium of an precise crew in one in every of Europe’s Prime 5 leagues.
However wait, it will get worse! On Thursday, three days earlier than they host Barcelona, Rayo Vallecano will face Neman Grodno in a UEFA Convention League qualifier. Meaning the pitch will really be crushed down even additional and gained’t have sufficient time to get better earlier than Sunday’s match towards Barça.
However hey, a minimum of La Liga is on prime of all of the registrations, although!
It’s not soccer, it’s La Liga!
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