Artificial grass is teaming up with the natural stuff and taking root at the World Cup, blade by blade. A generation after fully artificial surfaces outraged football fans and players around the world, this year's World Cup in South Africa will debut a surface with millions of synthetic grass fibers woven in between and beneath the natural grass.

Artificial grass woven into real turf at World Cup

Artificial grass is teaming up with the natural stuff and taking root at the World Cup, blade by blade. A generation after fully artificial surfaces outraged football fans and players around the world, this year’s World Cup in South Africa will debut a surface with millions of synthetic grass fibers woven in between and beneath the natural grass.


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