Celta Vigo’s opening fixture of the La Liga season in opposition to Osasuna at Estadio de Balaídos this weekend has been postponed after a extreme fungal illness left the pitch unfit for soccer.
The match was initially scheduled for Sunday at 20:30 BST, however following a La Liga pitch inspection on Wednesday, officers confirmed that current climate circumstances – together with excessive warmth and temperatures persistently within the mid-to-high 20s – had severely broken the taking part in floor. The fixture has now been rescheduled for Thursday, 27 August at 19:30 BST.
In a press release, Celta Vigo defined: “La Liga agreed this morning, in coordination with the golf equipment and the RFEF, to postpone the match that was scheduled to face Celta and CA Osasuna this coming Sunday at Abanca Balaidos on account of a illness that has affected the stadium’s turf, which is at present unfit for soccer.”
The membership famous that whereas earlier inspections licensed the sector met security requirements, “The climate circumstances of the previous few days have had an hostile impact on the great progress of the sector and led to the choice to postpone the match.”
The choice sparked extreme backlash from Osasuna, who voiced “full disagreement” with the brand new August date, claiming each groups had beforehand agreed to reschedule the sport for September 24 or 25 in the course of the worldwide break.
Osasuna expressed their anger in an official assertion: “For a contest like Spain’s La Liga to resolve on a postponement on a Thursday, three days earlier than a match, follows the sample of last-minute scheduling adjustments to which we’ve sadly turn into accustomed on account of an absence of foresight and professionalism.”
The membership added: “Nor can such a choice be offered as an act ‘in coordination with the golf equipment’. And all this simply over 48 hours earlier than that group is scheduled to fly to Vigo. This isn’t soccer, it’s La Liga.”
