Sepp Blatter has raised eyebrows among many football fans by
hinting that Fifa are considering using artificial playing surfaces
during 2010's World Cup in South Africa.
The president of world football is worried that the climate in
the country will produce poor playing surfaces as heat, drought and
then torrential rain combine to create a messy surface.
“We have envisaged, though it’s not yet a final decision, that
the 2010 World Cup could be played on artificial turf," he said on
Monday. "An artificial pitch gives you the same conditions
during the whole year.”
Uefa has already allowed Euro 2008 qualifying games to take
place on a plastic surface, as seen when England lost to Russia in
Moscow at the end of last year.