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UEFA venue change leaves Salah's artificial-turf dilemma unresolved
October 3, 2026 at 01:29 PM
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UEFA relocated Trabzonspor's Conference League match against Kuopio over stadium standards, but the substitute ground's artificial turf still clouds Mohamed Salah's participation.
- UEFA moved the October 15 Trabzonspor–Kuopio Conference League fixture to Tamila Stadium in Tampere because Väre Arena failed to meet competition requirements.
- The replacement venue also has artificial turf, and Kuopio's earlier UEFA exemption did not extend to all competition stages.
- Mohamed Salah's participation remains undecided; he missed Egypt's recent match against South Sudan over the same artificial surface.


