Influence of soil in the 2018 World Cup
The 2018 World Cup is being commented and accompanied by every corner of the planet. The stages on where it is happening are the soccer stadiums in Russia. But have you ever wondered how the lawns, in which the disputes occur to be a world champion, are chosen and treated?
The type of lawn, as well as its management, directly influences the performance of the players in the field. In a wet lawn, for example, the drainage occurs slowly, thus the ball tends to gain a little more speed when in contact to the surface. In addition, the lawn can provide an ease to the player’s movement, making possible passes that are more efficient due to the precision of the ball’s slide.
We know that without the lawn, the highly expected soccer games could not happen, but before getting worried with the lawn effective treatment is important to verify its basis: the soil where the grass is planted.
The Professor Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni of the University of São Paulo, when analyzing the lawns of the Brazilian stadiums that held the 2014 World cup, pointed that to its good development, the lawn need cares and nutrients. For this, the soil needs to well absorb these elements so the growing process of grass occur rapidly. According to the Professor Alleoni, it is also necessary that the soil superficial layers composed by sand, so the water can be well drained and does not accumulate on the surface.
Looking forward to contribute to a good field performance, Russia used innovations. For the first time in history the final dispute by the dreamed Cup will happen on a lawn that is not totally natural. The technology is a mix of natural grass and synthetic threads, named hybrid grass. The Russians responsible for this technology affirm that the soil leveling is done by a laser and pipes structures installed below the grass.
This piping is not only responsible for the drainage, but also for the regulation of soil temperature, removing the excess of water and forcing the air movement, thus improving the surface conditions and players efficiency. This air can be either hot or cold, depending only on the weather during the games.
Apparently, the adaptation of the World Cup lawns is being well accepted, once our team tested this type of lawn during its first game against the Switzerland Team, and until now, there was not one even negative comment about this implementation.
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