'Ball bounces like a rabbit' - Luis Enrique on Club World Cup pitches

Paris St-Germain head Luis Enrique has criticised nan pitches astatine nan Club World Cup and said nan "ball bounced for illustration a rabbit" during his side's triumph against nan Seattle Sounders.

The lucifer was played astatine Seattle's Lumen Field, location of MLS broadside nan Sounders and NFL squad nan Seattle Seahawks, pinch nan stadium's artificial turf replaced pinch a impermanent hybrid writer for nan tournament.

The Spaniard says football's world governing assemblage Fifa needs to "bear successful mind" nan value of some lucifer and training pitches if it wants nan Club World Cup to beryllium "the astir high-level title successful nan world".

"I wouldn't ideate a NBA tribunal afloat of holes," nan 55-year-old said aft his broadside won 2-0 to unafraid apical spot successful Group B successful nan tournament, which is being solely hosted successful nan United States.

"What I really attraction astir is nan authorities of nan section of play, and I opportunity this connected nan time we've won.

"The shot bounces almost for illustration if it were jumping astir for illustration a rabbit."

PSG won nan Champions League astatine nan extremity of May pinch a ascendant triumph complete Inter Milan successful Munich to complete a European and home treble.

Luis Enrique said his squad person had to set nan measurement they play since their presence successful nan US because of transportation conditions.

"Lumen Field is an example, it utilized to beryllium artificial turf and now it is earthy writer and they person to h2o it by manus - they did truthful astatine half-time but nan section was barren again successful 10 minutes," he added.

"For our crippled this a problem. It's very different to European pitches. The writer is different and truthful it is not truthful easy to person nan aforesaid smoothness to play our style - but we did accommodate good and we're very happy."

There are less than 12 months earlier nan Fifa World Cup takes spot crossed Canada, Mexico and United States.

Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham besides criticised nan pitches astatine nan Club World Cup pursuing his side's 3-1 triumph against Pachuca.

"The pitches aren't awesome astatine all. It holds up nan ball, nan shot hardly bounces," said nan England midfielder.

"It's reliable connected nan knees arsenic well. Hopefully there's personification who will look astatine that going into nan World Cup adjacent year."

Five of nan venues from this twelvemonth - Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Hard Rock Stadium, MetLife Stadium, Lincoln Financial Field and Lumen Field - will besides big World Cup matches.

All 5 are utilized by NFL teams and usually person artificial turf but will person existent writer installed successful clip for nan World Cup successful bid to meet Fifa requirements.

The inaugural Club World Cup is not nan first clip nan modular of pitches successful nan US has caused problems.

Players were captious of conditions astatine past summer's Copa America, pinch Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saying nan section astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium was a "disaster" pursuing a triumph complete Canada.

Tournament organiser Conmebol defended nan pitches, pinch head of competitions Fredirico Nantes saying "the writer successful Atlanta posed perfectly nary threat".

The stadium will big 8 matches astatine nan World Cup adjacent summer, including 1 of nan semi-finals.

The authorities of nan pitches is nan latest interest that has been raised astatine nan Club World Cup.

There person been concerns astir nan upwind passim nan competition, pinch utmost power causing problems for nan players.

Borussia Dortmund substitutes watched nan first half of their triumph complete Mamelodi Sundowns from nan dressing room because of nan temperature, pinch their head Niko Kovac saying conditions were "like a sauna".

Chelsea leader Enzo Maresca has said his broadside person struggled to train successful Philadelphia, arsenic temperatures reached 37C.

BBC Sport has contacted Fifa for comment.