Whilst the Wembley pitch continues to cause concern for English football fans, there will be no such worries for the Russians after they called in Support in Sport to re-turf the Luzhniki Stadium pitch in time for the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea on the 21st May.
However, despite the consideration that the UK climate is ideal for growing grass, the turf, which had been grown in Slovakia, was transported via refrigerated lorry and laid in time for the final.
It is the fourth Champions League final pitch that Support in Sport have laid - the previous three being Amsterdam (1999), Hampden Park (2002) and Schalke04 (2003). CEO George Mullan said SIP beat off stiff European opposition to win the contract.
The site was levelled using box lasers and then turfed over a two day period before being handed back to the Russian company Sportmechanics and the stadium groundsman Matt Frost.
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