Football: dry stadiums, burned by drought

In Scorbe-Clairvaux (Vienna)the task of the goalkeeper becomes more and more perilous, on the parched grass. “With a very dry ground, it’s not easy, especially when you fall, you can get hurt“, declares Hughes Mitault Charlot, US playerEnvine. Amateur football clubs resume training on a stadium as hard as concrete. “I dare you to do sit-ups or push-ups on such dry grass“, says Florent Bricaultthe president of the club.

In the meantime, the field must host a French Cup match on August 27. “For now, I don’t see a match taking place on a pitch like this.”continues the president of the club. The municipality stopped its watering in June. The analysis of a landscape architect is not very favourable. According to him, it may be necessary to completely redo the lawn. Currently, the stadium is closed to the public, so as not to crush the grass.