You’ll hear a lot of European soccer fans claiming that turf is terrible for the beautiful game… But did you know many of their top clubs — including Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester United — don’t even technically play on grass, but rather a frankensteinlike system that includes both authentic — and artificial elements…

The most popular of these systems is called Desso Grassmaster — designed to help reinforce natural grass surfaces, the incredibly tedious installation process involves injecting some 20 million polypropylene fibers ,, 7 inches deep into the ground. As the grass roots grow, it’s said to entwine with the fibres and grow deeper, ensuring a stable and even playing surface… This is particularly important during wetweather games, and also helps prevent the field from getting unessarily torn up.

The downside? It’ll run you somewhere between 500,000 and 1m pounds to install a Grassmaster system… #shorts #football #footballshorts #viral #turf #grass #premierleague #soccer #futbol #futebol #england #brasil