The big worry since theinvasion of the field on Monday evening during the TFC victory against Niort who recorded the promotion to Ligue 1it’s’lawn condition. Because the Stade Toulousain receives La Rochelle on Saturday evening 9:05 p.m. at the Stadium for a decisive match in the play-off race. We feared uprooting or holes in the lawn. Spectators also tried to cut the goal nets. But none of that in fact, according to Stéphane Cazabat, technical manager of the Toulouse Stadium. “The invasion did not damage the lawn any more. It was trampled on but no more damaged. We let the sun shine and then we will pass a brush to help it straighten. Thanks to the hybrid lawn (natural lawn planted in sand which makes it stronger, editor’s note)we can absorb these kinds of events.”
Don’t worry, there is no piece of lawn that has disappeared, reassures Stéphane Cazabat, the technical manager of the Toulouse Stadium.
“Don’t worry, there’s not a piece of grass that has disappeared. They tried to take the nets but they didn’t succeed either. It would have been at the end of the season, it wouldn’t have bothered us. It’s my third or fourth invasion, it’s always festive, but it didn’t come at the right time with a series of seven matches at the Stadium, including the last home game of the TFC season, on May 7. , with the reception of Nîmes.”
The lawn will be in good condition on Saturday thanks to eight gardeners of the Métropole mobilized, including two full-time. The hybrid lawn was planted at the Stadium in 2015 before hosting Euro 2016 football. This pretty green carpet is worth around 1 million euros. On the other hand, the advertising panels at the edge of the field were damaged. The damage is being quantified.
– AV