Burgess’s work will be seen by an estimated television audience of 650 million people when newly crowned world champions Madrid host Barcelona in El Clasico on Saturday. “The pitch for El Clasico will be better than say a Champions League game because for a Champions League game you have the opposition training the night before,” he said. However, he added: “Going into El Clasico we’ve got a two-week build up, the conditions look pretty good so the pitch will be in great condition not only for Real Madrid but also for Barcelona. By doing that you do make mistakes as well, but you try to be at the forefront of any new technology and Real Madrid reap the rewards of that. If we win it is the best thing in the world, if we lose it’s a disaster.

Source: The Express Tribune December 21, 2017 11:48 UTC