Did ye have any hayseed around lads at all?
England face San Marino on Saturday afternoon with anything less than a win possibly being the biggest football shock of all time.
The team will be captained by Wayne Rooney who’s hoping to surpass Bobby Charlton’s 49-goal record haul for England and maintain their unbeaten record in the Euro2016 qualifiers.
However if the Manchester United striker is going to do so he’ll have to try and overcome a major obstacle in his way in Serravalle.
It’s not going to be heat, or the the training facilities.
Instead, the pitch looks like it just had the San Marino equivalent of Electric Picnic on it
Pitch isn't too great in San Marino pic.twitter.com/jQfkvuCP3e
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) September 4, 2015
What a lovely pitch in San Marino pic.twitter.com/GW3W8jbkP9
— Simon Peach (@SimonPeach) September 4, 2015
The Stadio Olimpico in Serravalle, San Marino. Pitch not great. pic.twitter.com/d9RHlx1y4d
— Paul Hirst (@hirstclass) September 4, 2015
One person who doesn’t have a problem with it is England coach Roy Hodgson.
Hodgson happy with the new pitch in San Marino. "They've done very well considering only four or five weeks ago they'd just laid the pitch.
— Matt Hughes (@MattHughesDM) September 4, 2015
There’s absolutely zero doubt that England are going to win and pretty much guarantee their passage to Euro 2016.
But it should be fun seeing Jonjo Shevey or Raheem Sterling trying to control any type of pass on a pitch that bad.
