Ya its got to be excellent. These ones are 3rd generation turfs. I am sad that YBK got a poor deal. That turf should be relayed. Better still, if we can have a grass turf as good as MB ground in YBK
I would love grass turf for all I-league matches, thats the reason I like Pune Balwadi stadium the best for I-league matches. Ofcourse, on top of all is MB ground, unfortunately it couldnt be use for I-league.
Ya its got to be excellent. These ones are 3rd generation turfs. I am sad that YBK got a poor deal. That turf should be relayed. Better still, if we can have a grass turf as good as MB ground in YBK
<br><div><br></div><div>hehehehehehe, get ready for the Salt Lake Stadium pitch to get worse when the American Football league starts and when you watch I-League matches you will see those random stupid lines. I am glad in the US the MLS clubs moved away from that but sadly India is just getting started with that shit.</div><div><br></div><div>Same with Balewadi.</div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>IMG team plays this formation and Arrows in last 3-4 games utilised a variant of this version</div><div><br></div><div>u19 in China also played 4-3-3 under Toal</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>IMG team plays this formation and Arrows in last 3-4 games utilised a variant of this version</div><div><br></div><div>u19 in China also played 4-3-3 under Toal</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>The future tactic of indian football revealed...</div><div>glad that we will be watching our team play more technical and attacking game in near future</div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>hehehehehehe, get ready for the Salt Lake Stadium pitch to get worse when the American Football league starts and when you watch I-League matches you will see those random stupid lines. I am glad in the US the MLS clubs moved away from that but sadly India is just getting started with that shit.</div><div><br></div><div>Same with Balewadi.</div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>IMG team plays this formation and Arrows in last 3-4 games utilised a variant of this version</div><div><br></div><div>u19 in China also played 4-3-3 under Toal</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>The future tactic of indian football revealed...</div><div>glad that we will be watching our team play more technical and attacking game in near future</div>