I don't think so. It's worlds apart from the old Astroturf pitches that QPR, Oldham, Luton & Preston used to have. I seem to recall Poyet was quite impressed with Maidstone's when we played a friendly on that a couple of seasons ago. If they're now deemed to be of sufficient quality to be...
Did my eyes deceive me or did it hit the post, bounce on to the keeper's back, then go in? Hence my query re the own goal.
Not 100% sure as they haven't shown many replays.
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3G pitch, it turns out. The reason Gary Cahill isn't playing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3269258/England-concerns-Lithuania-s-artificial-pitch-eased-local-fire-brigade-water-3G-surface-ahead-Euro-2016-qualifier.html
I've just switched on and was wondering the same. It looks too immaculate to be grass.
Weird how you can't have artificial pitches in the Premier League or Football League, but they're OK for international football. Not sure what this one is in Vilnius, but I think Andorra played Gareth Bale on...