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Copa America, We’re Playing on Terrible Pitches: Lionel Messi

Harshita Sharma

Brazil won the quarter-last 4-3 on penalties after the different sides drew the 0-0 following an hour and a half. Tite said the dimension of play at the Gremio field was contrarily affected by the uneven surface.

"It's crazy that at this abnormal state we are playing on pitches where it is hard to control the ball," Tite told journalists.

"Players need three touches to control it. It's ridiculous," Tite said.

Renato Portaluppi, the mentor of Brazilian side Gremio, said recently that 'the grass is unfortunately not in the best condition'.

Different players and authorities had likewise voiced their dissatisfaction with the playing surfaces utilized in the competition.

One of the greatest pundits were Lionel Messi, who endured in the game against Qatar when a reduction onto his way hit a divot directly before he made a go for the objective.

"(The ball) knocks a great deal on the field. Every one of the fields we played on was awful. It is hard," Messi said after Qatar's clash.

The generally, exact Barcelona forward skied the ball path over the bar and later clarified, the ball 'kicks up a great deal. Every one of the pitches we've played on has been horrible. It's troublesome.'

Uruguay's Luis Suarez and Colombia's James Rodriguez likewise dissed the uneven surfaces with the Fonte Nova in Salvador and the Maracana in Rio copping most extreme analysis.

"When I (gripped), I was reprimanded. They said I was rationalizing. In any case, you can't be playing on pitches that way," said Argentina mentor Lionel Scaloni.

Coordinators dismissed the criticism.

"We see level pitches, with a perfect covering of grass," Thiago Jannuzzi, the getting sorted out advisory group's rivalries director told correspondents not long ago while talking about the competition's advancement.

"The pitches are proper for the competition," Jannuzzi said.

Brazil, who are looking to win the Copa just because since 2007, will currently seek after a superior surface at the Mineirao Arena in Belo Horizonte, where they will play the semi-last against either Argentina or Venezuela.

The scene bears the scars for Brazil where they endured a 7-1 whipping on account of Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-last.

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