Comments on: UEFA’s Elite Football Stadia – Part 2. http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: UF http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-144676 UF Fri, 08 May 2009 04:49:35 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html#comment-144676 Forget to finish this? Forget to finish this?

]]> By: Utku http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-143668 Utku Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:42:56 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html#comment-143668 agreed with musab, and the government put so much money into building it... such a shame, but then again it is the tff agreed with musab, and the government put so much money into building it… such a shame, but then again it is the tff

]]> By: Musab http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-143666 Musab Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:57:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/uefas-elite-football-stadia-part-2.html#comment-143666 The Ataturk stadium is one of the greatest shames in world football. The fans are so distant from the pitch that many times fans come to the stadium with a radio walkman and headphones to understand what's going on in the game right in front of them. Perhaps even worse than the design is the fact that it's built so far away from the more important city centers(Sultanahmet, Taksim, Beyoglu) and it's a real pain to take the long trip to a place where there isn't any proper metro service. And the cherry on the cake would be the intense winds that make in impossible to play a half decent game of football. In the 03 season (when Galatasaray played it's home games there), a many crosses were either pushed away by the wind, or with a bit of curve on the ball, were deflected into the net. The Ataturk stadium is one of the greatest shames in world football. The fans are so distant from the pitch that many times fans come to the stadium with a radio walkman and headphones to understand what’s going on in the game right in front of them.

Perhaps even worse than the design is the fact that it’s built so far away from the more important city centers(Sultanahmet, Taksim, Beyoglu) and it’s a real pain to take the long trip to a place where there isn’t any proper metro service.

And the cherry on the cake would be the intense winds that make in impossible to play a half decent game of football. In the 03 season (when Galatasaray played it’s home games there), a many crosses were either pushed away by the wind, or with a bit of curve on the ball, were deflected into the net.

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