>>154963004
What you get for awarding it to a 3rd world nation

>>154963004
>The ball doesn't bounce

It shouldn't.

>>154963004
It's cheaper to maintain, why would these stadium owners go with the more expensive option when studies shown there's no significant difference?

Fakin hoof it to ngubu and let the ground kill the ball

>>154963053
>there's no significant difference
The ball doesn't bounce

>studs are now banned because they could break the grass

>>154963053
Insanely good b8

Just inflate the balls more so that they bounce better again.

>>154963131
This but for womens breasts

>>154963163
breasts are just front ballsacks

>>154963171
ballsacks are also in the front

Why is this shithole allowed to host? Even Qatar managed to get the pitch right and that's a desert.

>>154963052
it should, this isn't futsal, retard

>bouncy grass? it's gonna cost ya pal

>>154963376
They didn't have this problem in the 90s when they hosted

>>154963464
Different stadiums. Back then, they were open and used real turf.
Now, a lot of stadiums are closed-roof and use artificial grass.
>>154963376
Seethe harder while we culturally dominate.

>>154963004
It's funny how even Africans aren't used to playing on pitches this bad

NFL players are jealous because they are giving real grass for the WC soccer players lmao.
Imagine the conditions of most handegg pitches.

just threw a soccer ball in the air outside (higher than the players in the video mind as I am an actual athlete) on natural grass and it's the same result

>>154963582
>Different stadiums. Back then, they were open and used real turf.
True
Good times
When things were real and not fake and gay

>>154963590
>implying they ever played in africa at club level
it gets worse than this, sometimes there's no grass at all

>>154963004
That's not one of the World Cup stadiums btw
It's just temp grass
The world cup grass has been better maintained
Will it be any good? Idk but it's different than the stuff they slapped on for that game

>>154963004
>The ball doesn't bounce
But the video shows the balls bouncing

I'm okay with this. Every world cup should have something that makes it unique or at least different enough from the others, like with South Africa 2010 and the unpredictability of the ball used. The 2026 world cup might end up being remembered for its fields.

>>154963004
Why are Yuros so cucked?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Can't wait for the mass outrage when this tournament starts.

>>154963582
>culturally dominate
Everything special about you comes directly from the UK.

>>154963620
Brazilanon isn't joking; it was on the news. Handegg Players' Union is using this WC to once again demand that real grass be used for their matches as well.
Currently, the stadiums that added real grass are removing it immediately following the WC so that not a second a handegg will be played on real grass.

>>154964531
this. baywatch was originally set in Brighton in the 1990s

>>154963821
Correct, they are using a new mix of real and artificial grass for this WC, they tested it before in Copa America I think it was. Most players didn't see a real difference between it and real grass, so it seems to work.
That one takes way more money and effort than the one in OP's picture. Roofed stadiums are currently using growth-stimulating pink lights on the "grass" to make it ready for the WC.

futsal world cup kek

It would be absolutely kino if the grass was so bad it resulted in every team having career ending injuries

>>154964655
My handegg team plays on fake grass at home and gets injured all the time, it's shit

>>154964199
Valid point. Maybe they should fill the ball with springs and then sell them as the official only authorised FIFA World Cup 2026 football.

>>154964199
>>154965246
These, the official wc snack is pineapples on kool aid.

How many ACLs are getting snapped this tournament? Over or under 5? 10?

>>154963582
you have no culture ( nor foreskin)

>>154963004
>The ball doesn't bounce
good, long ball kino incoming

>>154963582
>american culture

>>154964699
It reminds me of the apocryphal story about the invention and development of a pen that will work in zero gravity, it cost billions and the Russians just used pencils

>>154972700
sure they did
imagine countless graphite particles in zero gravity

>>154972796
I interpreted his post as saying that, like in the story, the NFL executives will claim that their cheap solution works just as well as the high-tech one, when in fact it doesn't. And the NFL has been doing just that for years, bringing up studies which claim that playing on cheap fake grass and playing on natural grass causes the same amount of injuries.