Lawn of OSK Metalist in the near future will be renovated. At the Kharkov OSK Metallist, where he intends to conduct his home matches Donetsk Shakhtar, preparations for the next season started. In the off-season, the stadium lawn will be renovated. Works started on June 1. About the process details told the general director of Shakhtar-Service Vadim Gunko. "Undoubtedly, the need to update was brewing for a long time. Appropriate approvals are obtained. We informed all involved parties, including the management of the USC Metalist, Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Metalist Club 1925. Unfortunately, we could not start the process earlier, since the last match at the stadium was held on May 31. On June 1, the renovation works started.

In the upper layer of the lawn, a large amount of organic matter accumulates: rotted grass, various dead remains. Over time, it actually turns into a kind of clay, a plastic mass, poorly air-permeable and having low drainage abilities. This is a fairly slippery surface where various pathogens develop, which adversely affects the characteristics of the field. Lawn of OSK Metallist belongs to hybrid types: stitched with special fibers using Desso GrassMaster technology. To reveal its potential, renovation is necessary with the help of special equipment, which we managed to buy in the UK in 2014. We already have a positive experience of this procedure: in the spring in 2014 at the Donbass Arena.

This is a forced and absolutely normal measure. Earlier the OSK Metallist lawn was sewn in the summer of 2011. Since then, six years have passed, and during this time there were to be two renovations already. The issue has matured a long time, and there are no other options. Thanks to renovation, the quality of the field will improve and become optimal. What are the main stages? The essence of renovation is that we remove the top layer of the lawn, we make sanding and restore the artificial fibers Desso. Then follows the sowing of grass, appropriate fertilizers are introduced, aeration and other measures are carried out. Thus, the field is actually grown from scratch. The cutting of the upper layer began on June 1 at lunch. I note that the work was conducted all day and night. The team of agronomists worked until eight in the morning. This is a very skilled, intensive and painstaking work, where you can not miss a single detail. We expect to finish this stage on June 3, so that in the coming weeks the lawn is in the process of growth. According to our estimates, on July 22-23 the lawn should be strong enough. I think in the first fight the teams will appreciate the quality of the field, and to the group stage of the Champions League its characteristics will reach the optimal indicators, "Gunko said..

Original article: Miner engaged in improving the field of the stadium in Kharkov.