{"id":143053,"date":"2023-10-24T14:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143053"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:15:22","slug":"young-boys-stadium-pitch-why-man-city-were-forced-to-change-champions-league-preparations-for-dangerous-surface-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/sport\/young-boys-stadium-pitch-why-man-city-were-forced-to-change-champions-league-preparations-for-dangerous-surface-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Boys stadium pitch: Why Man City were forced to change Champions League preparations for \u2018dangerous\u2019 surface | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
MANCHESTER CITY are forced to change their Champions League preparations over "dangerous" fear of injury at Young Boys ground.<\/p>\n
City will take on the Swiss club at Wankdorf Stadium's plastic pitch on Wednesday ahead of their Manchester derby on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Pep Guardiola's side typically trains at the City Football Academy before flying to away games and rarely train at the home team's ground before the game.<\/p>\n
But Young Boys' artificial pitch in Switzerland has convinced Guardiola that his team need to practice on the unfamiliar surface before Wednesday's match.<\/p>\n
Guardiola will train his side at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern for a training session on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Just two years ago, Young Boys beat Manchester United at home and Luke Shaw heavily criticised the pitch.<\/p>\n