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Poland vs. England match to be played under closed roof

October 17, 2012 by 888Scoreonline

Polish VS. England

The original world cup qualifier England vs. Poland match has been postponed for around 20 hours because of waterlogged pitch, and now, FA has confirmed that match could be played under closed roof’s atmosphere even if there is a bright sunshine everywhere in Warsaw! The decision for rescheduled match has already meant lots of troubles to fans from both sides, especially English fans who came along with their team to watch this match on Tuesday itself. Earlier, match could not kick off due to heavy water logging on the playground, and after examination, it was decided to postpone it rather cancelling altogether. Though, the roof was opened in-between to get the fresh air and let logged water dried out as early as possible. The decision for playing it under closed roof was taken by three coaches: Ray Lewington, Gary Neville and Dave Watson in a meeting arranged in the National Stadium. Earlier, ground officials had already described the playing conditions on the field as “no better than okay,” and to this regard, rescheduled match is decided to be played in a closed atmosphere.

The reason of water logging, as told to media, is supposed to be the open roof on Monday that should have been closed to prevent any water logging on match day.

 

Not Good Enough for English Fans

Even though Polish authorities have tried their best to reschedule this qualifier in a shortest possible time, yet there is a large number fans who had already booked their returned tickets after original Tuesday match, hence they cannot attend Wednesday’s match. Therefore, Polish government has now decided to refund all those tickets where fans are not comfortable with rescheduled timing. In this process, fans are asked to submit their tickets to FA at Wembley where these collected tickets will be sent back to Polish FA for refund after verification. A statement issued at FA website read as, “We have a record of every ticket allocated and can assist members with damaged tickets; these will need to be returned to our offices in the same way. Full details of how the process will work will be announced later this week.”

On the other side, Adrian Bevington, managing director of Football Association, said, “a refund is what we were looking for,” but he also insisted that actual number of absentees can only be figured out by thorough reconciliation after the match.

Filed Under: Europe Soccer News Tagged With: England, Poland, World Cup Qualifier

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