{"id":2823,"date":"2026-08-13T17:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/artificial-football-turf-installation-guide-for-professional-fields\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:26:55","slug":"artificial-football-turf-installation-guide-for-professional-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/fr\/artificial-football-turf-installation-guide-for-professional-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide d'installation de gazon synth\u00e9tique pour football sur terrains professionnels"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nul { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; }\nli { margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.6; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n<\/style>\n<p><!-- meta_title: Artificial Football Turf Installation Guide for Fields --><br \/>\n<!-- meta_description: Professional guide to artificial football turf installation: flatness limits, drainage rates, seam planning and field tests that decide handover. --><\/p>\n<p>Handover day on a football field is won or lost months earlier, under the carpet and inside the seam plan. A pitch that drains slowly, sits out of level or splits along a weak joint will fail acceptance, and kick-off slides while crews rework layers nobody sees. Professional artificial football turf installation therefore reads less like landscaping and more like engineering with a paper trail.<\/p>\n<p>We tuft sports carpet for a living, and the rolls leaving our line get judged on exactly the numbers that follow. Every artificial turf installation at this scale runs the same sequence: survey, base, drainage, seams, infill, then field testing. Each stage carries figures a contractor can put in front of a client.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-separates-professional-football-field-installations\">What Separates Professional Football Field Installations<\/h2>\n<p>A professional pitch is a rectangular field of play between 90 and 120 metres long and 45 to 90 metres wide under the football turf requirements used for field certification. Within that framework, the difference between a smooth handover and a stalled one is rarely the carpet itself. It is whether every stage below was built to a tolerance somebody actually measured.<\/p>\n<p>The same logic applies to the rolls. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/football-turf\/\">football turf systems<\/a> are built to a stated pile, density and backing spec, so what arrives on site matches what the plan was priced around. Below the carpet, the same discipline applies stage by stage.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"surveying-the-pitch-before-the-turf-arrives\">Surveying the Pitch Before the Turf Arrives<\/h2>\n<p>Artificial football turf installation starts on paper, not with a roll. Set-out fixes the touchlines, goal lines and centre line against the design drawing. It also fixes the drainage story: where the high points sit, where water leaves the field, and where every level stake goes. A crew that stakes from memory inherits every survey error into the carpet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse.jpg\" alt=\"Community football club grounds with crisp white corner arc markings on synthetic sports turf beside the team pavilion and spectator seating\" class=\"wp-image-2350\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-club-pitch-corner-arc-clubhouse-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>A green football turf surface marked with white lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Survey also reserves the run-off area beyond the lines, so trims and edge details never eat into the field of play. Record the levels on paper before the first base stone lands.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"base-flatness-tolerances-that-decide-acceptance\">Base Flatness Tolerances That Decide Acceptance<\/h2>\n<p>A base built for artificial turf installation is measured, not eyeballed. Surface regularity is checked with a 3 m straightedge, and a field tested under published football turf requirements must show less than 10 mm of deviation anywhere on the pitch. On a 7,000 square metre field, that number is what keeps a ball rolling true and a surface from holding puddles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture.jpg\" alt=\"Full-frame top-down texture of sports grade artificial grass specifically for football field performance\" class=\"wp-image-2351\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-dense-green-turf-seamless-texture-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>A flat green artificial grass surface in daylight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beneath the regularity target sits compaction. Sub-base layers are typically compacted to 90 to 95 percent density so the platform stops settling. On a new build, ground preparation can involve excavating up to 150 mm of soil before the stone goes in. The finished fall is commonly set between 0.5 and 1 percent so storm water keeps moving.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"drainage-rates-that-pass-handover-testing\">Drainage Rates That Pass Handover Testing<\/h2>\n<p>Drainage is the acceptance item in artificial football turf installation that quietly decides everything above it. Tested football turf must reach at least 180 mm\/h of water permeability, measured with a single-ring infiltrometer while the carpet is still sealed before infill. Every individual element of the system is expected to satisfy that same figure.<\/p>\n<p>Around the carpet, a network of perforated pipes, geotextile filter fabric and clean aggregate carries water to a positive outfall. Skip the outfall and the network still fails, because standing water reads as a surface defect, a turf failure risk and a safety hazard in the same breath.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"seam-planning-across-large-field-roll-layouts\">Seam Planning Across Large-Field Roll Layouts<\/h2>\n<p>Seam planning is where an artificial turf installation turns into arithmetic. Standard rolls come 2 m and 4 m wide at 25 m long, with custom widths up to 5 m. The 4 m roll minimises seams on large areas like sports fields. Take a 100 m touchline: laying 4 m rolls along it takes 25 passes, which means 24 lengthwise seams before a single line marking is cut.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Roll width<\/th>\n<th>Passes on a 100 m touchline<\/th>\n<th>Lengthwise seams<\/th>\n<th>Cross seams on a 70 m width<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>4 m (standard)<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>About 50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 m (custom)<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>About 40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each pass must also span a 70 m width, so three 25 m roll lengths butt together per pass. That adds about two cross seams per pass, roughly 50 more joints across the field, for a total around 74 seams on a full-size pitch. Wider rolls shrink that count; reviewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/artificial-grass-products\/artificial-grass-roll\/\">standard 2 m and 4 m roll widths and custom widths<\/a> before you fix a layout is the cheapest seam reduction available.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline.jpg\" alt=\"Sunlit sports stadium showing covered spectator grandstands alongside an immaculately maintained artificial grass football pitch\" class=\"wp-image-2352\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-grandstand-stadium-field-sideline-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Sunlit sports stadium showing covered spectator grandstands alongside an immaculately maintained artificial grass football pitch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bonding follows the same recipe at every joint: seaming tape under the butt edges, polyurethane adhesive spread evenly, edges pressed home, and weights left in place while the adhesive cures. Laboratory requirements for a bonded seam set the bar at 75 N per 100 mm of joint. On the field, any failed or excessively open joint wider than 3 mm reads as a defect. Rolls should also rest for several hours before unrolling, so backing tension settles and the seams stay put.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"infill-depth-control-and-line-inlays\">Infill Depth Control and Line Inlays<\/h2>\n<p>Infill depth control is the stage of artificial football turf installation most often rushed. A standard filled system takes roughly 20 to 30 kg of combined sand and rubber per square metre. It goes down in several passes, sand layer first and rubber granules on top, brushed into the fibres each time. Field inspection then applies one hard visual limit: the difference in infill height between the lowest and highest spot on the pitch should not exceed 10 mm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school.jpg\" alt=\"Campus football field equipped with multi-colored court markings, movable training soccer goals, and lush artificial sports grass\" class=\"wp-image-2353\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-football-ground-portable-goals-school-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>A white line inlaid into green artificial turf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two quieter details finish the surface. Fibre direction must stay consistent across every roll, because mismatched pile lean reads as colour banding from the stand. White lines are cut in and inlaid with the same tape-and-adhesive discipline as the seams. That is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/customization\/\">custom pile heights, densities and colours<\/a> ordered to the drawing save the crew from cutting around surprises later.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"field-testing-before-the-first-match\">Field Testing Before the First Match<\/h2>\n<p>No artificial turf installation is finished until the surface has been tested, not just walked. Field test programmes check the surface in defined positions, and visual inspection also confirms the line markings run straight. The bands that matter most at handover look like this:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Check<\/th>\n<th>Method<\/th>\n<th>Requirement band<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Surface regularity<\/td>\n<td>3 m straightedge<\/td>\n<td>Less than 10 mm deviation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Water permeability<\/td>\n<td>Single-ring infiltrometer, sealed carpet<\/td>\n<td>At least 180 mm\/h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ball roll<\/td>\n<td>Field test, initial assessment<\/td>\n<td>4 to 10 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vertical ball rebound<\/td>\n<td>Field test<\/td>\n<td>60 to 100 cm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Infill uniformity<\/td>\n<td>Visual, lowest vs highest spot<\/td>\n<td>Within 10 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Open joints<\/td>\n<td>Visual inspection<\/td>\n<td>No opening wider than 3 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Surface fall<\/td>\n<td>Surveyor&#8217;s level<\/td>\n<td>Positive fall within the 0.5 to 1 percent design gradient<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bonded seam strength<\/td>\n<td>Laboratory joint test<\/td>\n<td>At least 75 N per 100 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Testing also respects the surface itself: field tests are kept off joints and inlaid lines except where a ball roll path crosses them. Handover is the moment the paper trail pays off, because every band above traces back to a stage someone measured months earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Did an Acceptance Test Fail Over a Seam?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">A failed seam delays kick-off. We tuft football rolls to your pitch plan, matched on pile, density and width, factory-direct, typically 30&ndash;50% below market on like-for-like specifications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/football-turf\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">See Football Turf Systems<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"six-mistakes-that-fail-professional-installations\">Six Mistakes That Fail Professional Installations<\/h2>\n<p>Most acceptance failures in artificial football turf installation trace back to a handful of repeat offences. Each one is cheap to prevent and expensive to excavate later.<\/p>\n<h3>Skipping the Rest Period on Rolls<\/h3>\n<p>Unrolling straight off the truck traps backing tension in the carpet. The rolls then shrink or ripple after bonding, and every affected seam becomes a rework item.<\/p>\n<h3>Building the Base Without a Straightedge<\/h3>\n<p>A base judged by eye passes until the 3 m straightedge comes out. By then, re-grading means lifting carpet that has already been bonded and infilled.<\/p>\n<h3>Bonding Seams Without Weighted Cure<\/h3>\n<p>Adhesive that cures under an unpressed edge never reaches full bond. The joint opens under play, and an opening wider than 3 mm is already a recorded defect.<\/p>\n<h3>Dumping the Infill in One Pass<\/h3>\n<p>One heavy pass buries fibre and leaves the rubber sitting loose on top. Layered spreading with brushing between passes is what locks depth in place edge to edge.<\/p>\n<h3>Mixing Pile Direction Across Rolls<\/h3>\n<p>One roll laid the wrong way reads as a colour stripe across the whole field. Checking fibre direction before each roll is a thirty-second habit.<\/p>\n<h3>Accepting on Looks Instead of Numbers<\/h3>\n<p>A field can look flawless and still fail the straightedge, the infill check or the permeability figure. Acceptance is a set of measurements, not a walk-around.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-pre-handover-checklist-for-pitch-teams\">A Pre-Handover Checklist for Pitch Teams<\/h2>\n<p>Run the list in order, the closing habit of a disciplined artificial turf installation, and keep each result on paper with the crew that produced it. Sport England puts it plainly: an artificial pitch still carries an annual maintenance budget. But it takes roughly ten times the use of a grass pitch, so the handover record is the baseline every future reading gets compared against.<\/p>\n<h3>Re-Verify Dimensions and Set-Out<\/h3>\n<p>Check length, width and line positions against the drawing before the final trim. A line moved after infill costs far more than a line checked before it.<\/p>\n<h3>Walk the Field With a Straightedge<\/h3>\n<p>Work the 3 m straightedge across the main playing area and the high-wear zones. Log any reading that approaches the 10 mm limit rather than waiting for the test institute to find it.<\/p>\n<h3>Re-Test Drainage After the First Rain<\/h3>\n<p>The permeability figure was earned on a sealed carpet before infill. Confirm the finished field still sheds water to the outfall with no ponding after real weather.<\/p>\n<h3>Inspect Every Seam and Inlaid Line<\/h3>\n<p>Walk the 24-plus lengthwise seams and the cross joints, then the inlaid lines. Look for openings, proud edges and lifted corners while the punch list still carries leverage.<\/p>\n<h3>Check Infill Depth and Keep a Sample<\/h3>\n<p>Measure infill depth in the goalmouths, corners and centre, where play concentrates first. Keep a documented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/free-samples\/\">free 20 x 20 cm sample<\/a> on file, so future top-up orders can be matched against the original roll rather than a memory.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">What flatness tolerance must a football field meet?<\/h3>\n<p>Surface regularity is measured with a 3 m straightedge, and a field tested against published field requirements must show less than 10 mm of deviation across the playing surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How fast should artificial football turf drain?<\/h3>\n<p>Tested fields must reach at least 180 mm\/h of water permeability, measured with a sealed single-ring infiltrometer before the infill is applied.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How many seams will a full-size pitch have?<\/h3>\n<p>It depends on roll width. A 100 m touchline covered with 4 m rolls takes 25 passes, giving 24 lengthwise seams plus cross seams roughly every three roll lengths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much infill does a football field need?<\/h3>\n<p>A standard filled system takes roughly 20 to 30 kg of combined sand and rubber per square metre, brushed in over several passes until the depth reads even.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Should turf rolls rest before installation?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Letting rolls relax for several hours releases backing tension, which prevents shrinkage and keeps the fibre direction consistent once the field is unrolled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How do I check turf rolls before ordering?<\/h3>\n<p>Order free 20 x 20 cm samples, usually three to four pieces. They ship by DHL or FedEx in 4 to 6 days, with the courier freight covered by the buyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Article\",\"headline\":\"Artificial Football Turf Installation Guide for Professional Fields\",\"description\":\"Professional guide to artificial football turf installation: flatness limits, drainage rates, seam planning and field tests that decide handover.\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Relyir Artificial Grass\"},\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Relyir Artificial Grass\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-16\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/artificial-football-turf-installation-guide-for-professional-fields\/\"}\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What flatness tolerance must a football field meet?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Surface regularity is measured with a 3 m straightedge, and a field tested against published field requirements must show less than 10 mm of deviation across the playing surface.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How fast should artificial football turf drain?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Tested fields must reach at least 180 mm\/h of water permeability, measured with a sealed single-ring infiltrometer before the infill is applied.\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How many seams will a full-size pitch have?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"It depends on roll width. 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Un terrain qui draine mal, n'est pas de niveau ou se fend le long d'une jonction faible sera rejet\u00e9 lors de la r\u00e9ception, et les joueurs glisseront au coup d'envoi tandis que les \u00e9quipes refont des couches que personne ne voit. 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