The latest information on the state of the lawn at the Hameau stadium in Pau is not likely to delight Thomas Tuchel. Already worried about the quality of the pitch after the draw for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, the Parisian coach observed that there was no miracle.
The employees of the commune did their best to improve the lawn usually used by rugby players in the Paloise section, but they could not regrow grass where there is only soil left. To hide these broad plucked strips, green colored sand was even spread and a tarpaulin installed because of the rain, reports France Bleu. The latter could still fall on Wednesday early in the afternoon while the kick-off is scheduled for 6.30 p.m.
Dagba: "The field is no excuse"
"Pau knows very well that this ground is not an advantage for us but it is not an excuse, explains Thomas Tuchel. We saw the pitch against Bordeaux. We don't talk about it, we have to adapt. Neymar and Mbappé can play on a field like this. But after Lille, it may be too much. There has been a lot of stress in the last few games. You always have to win, so you have to think. We also have to let other guys play and give intensity ”.
Caring for the lawn at the Stade du Hameau in Pau, before the arrival of PSG
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One way to indicate that rotation should be important for this meeting against a National team (3rd division). Colin Dagba should also be titular. And the young right side of 21 years does not want to hear about the field either. “I saw the lawn an hour ago. It is true that it will be complicated. Nothing should be let go, everything given, slips Dagba. The terrain is no excuse, because it is not top for the Palois either. We know that the match will be complicated, because they left Bordeaux in the previous round. In the Cup, the teams give everything in one game, so you have to be ready. ”