FA admits better in Wembley territory fight International Football

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Wembley Stadium is to have the representation relaid for the tenth time given the finished up venue non-stop in 2007.

The FA has systematic the new turf, at a cost of about 90,000, after reception extreme critique over the condition during Sundays Carling Cup last and the England accessible opposite Egypt on Wednesday night.

Players from Manchester United and Aston Villa were unfortunate at the approach in that the representation cut up in the crater final, that United won 2-1. James Milner was quite scathing. The Villa midfield player pronounced the inhabitant track is worse than the integrate of lower-league teams pitches we have played on.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the United manager, claimed yesterday that it might have contributed to the injure leg tendon damage Michael Owen postulated during the diversion an damage that finished his deteriorate prematurely.

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With Owen carrying been hampered by injure leg tendon problems via his career, the FA rejects Fergusons accusation. However, it has certified that the territory is still not great sufficient for the fondness and, after serve vicious comments from most England players after their 3-1 win over Egypt, the preference was finished to reinstate it.

An FA orator said: The groundstaff did really well to theatre the Carling Cup, notwithstanding around 80mm of sleet in the week with a serve 40mm the night prior to the match, and they used a metal cover to defense the representation from the sleet on Saturday night and on Sunday. They worked turn the time and could not have finished more.

Conditions were improved forward of the England match, but the representation was still not great sufficient for the liking. Ultimately, it has not fared well by what has been an intensely oppressive winter and it needs to be replaced. The track caters for football and non-football events, so replacing the representation some-more than once a year is the being of a multipurpose venue.

Work will begin on the new representation rught away and it will take a week to bed in. The subsequent compare at Wembley is the Johnstones Paint Trophy last in between Carlisle United and Southampton on Mar 28.