New Anoeta grass prepared for Barcelona visit LaLiga Santander - Real Sociedad Club lays new pitch 10 days in advance to avoid problems

The new Anoeta grass has been completed on Wednesday, 10 days before Barcelona are the first visitor to set foot on the relaid field.

Real Sociedad believes this is a substantial amount of time to have no problems with their stadium in contrast to what occurred against Valladolid in Zorrilla.

Just in case of any problems, a delegate from LaLiga Santander will visit the San Sebastian campus on Thursday to approve of the conditions so the team can have their debut home game.

The installation of the Anoeta grass began this past Monday and 15 workers were dedicated to exclusively working on 40 sods of green to perfectly cover the stadium grounds.

The new carpet of the house has been and will be very carefully maintained since it was chosen to replace the old one which was always kept to perfection despite awful weather conditions.

The grass of the new Anoeta arrived from Portugal where it has been planted and tendered to for months.

From today on it will be watered and fertilized in such a specific way that it will be a perfect image almost from that first day against Barcelona.

Sociedad want the image of the pitch to be totally opposite to that of Zorrilla in Valladoid and at the moment, Barca will be welcomed by the best possible condition to give a great show.