{"id":110316,"date":"2025-08-31T19:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110316\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:24:07","slug":"maradona-played-in-the-mud-rayo-chief-fires-message-to-barcelona-ahead-of-la-liga-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/110316\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Maradona played in the mud\u2019 \u2013 Rayo chief fires message to Barcelona ahead of La Liga clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rayo Vallecano president Mart\u00edn\u00a0Presa has on Sunday sent a message the way of Barcelona, regarding the condition of the pitch at Vallecas.<\/p>\n<p>This, of course, comes amid widespread discussion surrounding the playing surface at Rayo\u2019s ground.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Footage came to the fore earlier this week, showcasing the alarming state of the grass at Vallecas at present:<\/p>\n<p>As much quickly sparked concern amongst all of a Barcelona persuasion, amid fears of potential injury setbacks for Hansi Flick\u2019s players on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an exchange with the media ahead of the upcoming kick-off in Madrid, it therefore came as little surprise when the subject of his side\u2019s pitch was put to the aforementioned Mart\u00edn\u00a0Presa.<\/p>\n<p>And Rayo\u2019s president was defiant in his response, assuring the reporters in attendance that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur pitch is in perfect condition for playing. A good player plays on any pitch without excuses. Maradona played in the mud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Conor Laird \u2013 GSFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rayo Vallecano president Mart\u00edn\u00a0Presa has on Sunday sent a message the way of Barcelona, regarding the condition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[1205,49,48,10551,62424,62426,561,82,62425],"class_list":{"0":"post-110316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-la-liga","12":"tag-rayo","13":"tag-rayo-neman-grodno","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-vallecas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}