One scoreboard is already burning perfectly. With the second still working. A few more days and the grass will become emerald. National Sports Complex "Olympic" on May 26 will host the final of the Football Champions League.
Workers of the stadium check every detail. Perhaps they will change the seats along the field, so that the coaches of the teams that will reach the final - it was more comfortable. But the dressing rooms will be prepared only after the semifinals. Because it is not yet clear whose names are written on the lockers, the TSN. 19:30.
60,000 Spaniards and English will be sick here. Or maybe vice versa - Italians and Germans. Which teams will be revealed only next week. But already now the stadium "Olympic" carefully prepares for the third most important tournament in its "life". After the Olympics and the European Championships - the Champions League final.
The stadium begins with a lawn. Height of grass should be 22 millimeters - now they are shortened. Fertilize and water.
Grasses are pressed in opposite directions. Obtained multi-colored stripes. According to the UEFA standard, there must be 18. This is followed closely by the chief agronomist.
"Thin nap is a young grass. They literally only this week came. The visual condition of the lawn, I would not now call the ideal. Although it can for people it is now considered beautiful. Although there is still room for us to go. In a couple of weeks, we will have a field in perfect condition, "says the chief agronomist Maxim Stelmakh.
Going out on the field is covered with panels. They will be in the colors of football teams. The scoreboard works. The roof does not leak - it was checked before. Almost 500 cameras will monitor security in the stands. The intruder is easily identified in seconds.
Still have to work on places for journalists. They expect 1,5 thousand. Everyone needs electricity and internet. So far, the press box is much smaller.
"Olympic" is called the 70-thousandth. And the match will be shot by at least 30 television cameras, you need a place for them. And also for people with disabilities. Therefore, fans will fit less.
"Changing rooms do not touch yet.
May 3, as the finalists will be determined - Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool or Roma - their managers will come and choose the high chairs and lockers themselves, "said NSC director Viktor Anisimov.
Recall, "Olympic" from April 14 to June 5 is closed for any events. Because of this, "Dynamo" conducts home matches at the stadium Lobanovsky, where on May 24 will play the decisive match of the Women's Champions League.
Stanislav Feshchenko, Ilya Shinkarenko, TSN, 1 + 1.