Dreamland weed in the World Cup

Did I do the most busy Committee 2010 World Cup South Africa against the stadium-prepared for the stadium in the world of football akbar new pass is? In fact they are busy replacing the existing grass carpet with a new one. Not less than 530,000 square meters is required carpet grass for this purpose.
South Africa in the rush to prepare for grass paving the World Cup in 2010 have seen since the previous 2 years. As is made on the official website in the World Cup in 2010, that South African football federation is conducting a special workshop on the grass that was attended by experts grass (bog specialist), including 2006 World Cup Committee. Committee at the time that the World Cup 2010 was officially announced a plan the replacement of carpet grass in the FIFA, the stadium in South Africa that will be used for the World Cup in 2010.
Interesting is that South Africa will need to bring most of the grass carpet of the new agricultural land Hendriks Company Graszoden Groep (Hendriks Grass Sod Group) in the Netherlands such as made by Reuters. Although approximately 160,000 square meters and the rest, supplied from the agricultural land belonging to the family Buchner Germany. The selected type of grass is a mixture of 80 percent Poa pratensis soft and 20 percent coarse grass Lolium parenne.
Quoted telling British newspaper, the journalist when they come to agriculture Hendriks Graszoden Groep, the owner John Hendriks, refused to inform on the exact location of the 350 hectares of pasture management overlay for use in the World Cup on it. This is the agreement with FIFA to sit on the carpet grass which is, to prevent things that are not desired.



Importance of grass in such a prestigious sporting arena football is, until the field-to-field berstandar European football and is always used by the teams league african appeared to be replaced akbar in the football World Cup in 2006. Itupun not half-hearted, paving rumputnya also imported from the Dutch company that has been experienced for 30 years in the business for grass sport and recreation, and more concealed places penanamannya. This invites a sense of how we do a good grass for sports world like this.

Above Natural Grass

Grass soccer field, the term refers to? I> bog? Or? I> turfgrass? we are often translated with a phrase? umput golf? although apparently not the only golf course that utilizes this kind of grass, field sports such as football field with the World Cup event as the match terbesarnya, as placing grass penyelenggaraannya for the highest standards. So that the use of the term? I> bog? Or grass does not become a stranger and also adhere closely with the World Cup organization.
In the documents FIFA, almost does not find any reference on the surface of the grass practice field must be natural (natural peat) for the version of FIFA football rivalry. The only grip that the natural grass field should be used in soccer, is due home muasal football-related with the UK's customs and cultural use of natural field grass (lawn).
Idea of artificial grass (artificial peat) as the surface field in the match-play-football version of FIFA's opposition had got Scotland and England, but FIFA eventually allow the use of artificial grass to organize the match in the FIFA football version of specific countries. This is done in order to provide facilities for the countries in the management of the football field, and in respect for the management of natural grass field costs and high technology.
For example, conducting the match in the soccer World Cup under the age of 17 years (World Cup U-17) in the year 2003 in Finland, that is used in the field 10 including the match that took place in the final, using the artificial grass field (Figure 2). Of course the standard grass buatannya is recommended according to the best version of FIFA, which has almost similar nature with natural grass.



Although FIFA has issued provisions on the use of artificial grass for the match-the match FIFA sepokbola version, but this still does not apply to football in the prestigious World Cup, FIFA still choose a natural grass field where penyelenggaraannya, at least until now. Given the still of course need to consider the factors for the comfort and referee.
One of the factors that are external causes of injury risk in sport is the surface field, Murphy et al as cited in a review in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, also in addition to level the match, the type of shoes and foot protective leg, also influence the risk of injury. According to their review, the surface of artificial grass field is being reported more often cause injury football players, as the artificial grass surface is relatively harder and increase the friction between the shoe and the surface field, although this still needs further confirmed.

Uniformity, elasticity, and speed

Various types of native grasses have been known can be used for sports field surfaces, for example: Bentgrass (Agrotis spp.), Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), Ryegrass (Lolium spp.), Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea), Fine Fescues (Festuca spp.) , Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon), Hybrid Bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) Kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum), Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica), and Dichondra (Dichondra micrantha). Each grass has characteristics different.
Special for football sports, such as organizing the World Cup in 1994 in the United States, the type of grass Bermudagrass hybrid C-transvaalensis used in the 5 field that is used for the match, and the type of grass mixtures with Kentucky bluegrass Ryegrass field used in the other 4. This is done because the ninth field is located in a different climate regions. This is one of the criteria considered in determining the type of grass required for the football field.
Magazine in cooperation espionage University of California, et al Cockerham was revealed in the performance of the grass field criteria require uniformity, elasticity and speed. Consideration is also used in the preparation of field grass on the World Cup in 1994.
Uniformity criteria are uniformity of the grass in the field, the football players would feel less comfortable when rumputnya have a high and a low maintenance due to the less well or more colorful plants physiology due rumputnya less good.
Elasticity grasses have a range of loud to soft, and of course that is selected in the optimum level of elasticity that is capable of improving the game of football players. To speed may be the ability of players to be able to run with a comfortable, here is the size of a grass field and thickness kekerasannya.

Not Ternaungi

In the football World Cup, we often see that the football field is in the stadium that is not roofed (outdoor). However, not all of them, such as duel prestigious Argentina-English on the elimination round of Group F World Cup 2002 Korea / Japan took place at the Sapporo Dome - Japan, the other 2 the match on the event, the stadium is done in a closed room or in the (indoor).
Sapporo Dome is one of the futuristic stadium in a closed room that exhibit high-technology development and the cost of 42.2 billion yen. Stadium with 42,831 seats was built deliberately by Japan, as one of the two countries to host, in order to prepare for the World Cup in 2002.
Sapporo Dome this sophistication, there is a device to move the carpet grass football field, from the outdoor entrance to the stadium in a closed room, and then return it to the outside if they are not used to the game of soccer. In the normal circumstances, in the stadium is closed, and spread grass baseball field made of artificial grass, while the outdoor spread openly football field from natural grass (Figure 3).
Placement carpet grass football field outside of this, is associated with the grass needs to get direct sunlight or ternaungi should not be too long. This is shown by Bell et al [1] in the journal Crop Science, that the grass? I> bog? Irradiasi need sunlight. They also prove that the carpet grass density decreased when the ternaungi, even in the building can be closed leaving 28% carpet grass in 8 days.




Based on these facts, then do not wonder if the match-the match is in progress at the World Cup, often carried out in the open field.

Win on Home Turf

We still remember the execution of the World Cup in 1998. When the French team as host of a successful champion of the world after Brazil beat telak with the score 3-0 in the final. Some of the international mass media, the issue of winning back the French team. For example, telling Reuters [7] is titled? Idane says France must restore the spirit of the team? One of the statements in it that the French team win the World Cup on the field? Umput? It in 1998 (French team won the World Cup on home? Urf? In 1998).
Then organize the 2006 World Cup in Germany, issues? Emenangan on grass? Was busy talking. It is because the German team as a runner up in the 2002 World Cup Korea / Japan, is the team that diunggulkan along with Brazil as the team champion last. In addition, as the host, Germany, with the dual benefit of spectator support, so the opportunity to repeat the success? I> win on a bog? Such as France in the World Cup in 1998.
But unfortunately that South Africa was not successful. They were defeated by a team of European football in the other group elimination. Possible becaus...