The Guardian reports:
‘Artificial pitches could be used in Serie A within 18 months, after the president of the Italian Football Federation gave them his blessing yesterday.
‘Uefa decided in November to approve plans for artificial pitches to be used at national and club level from next season, a move which has prompted further consideration of the possibility in Italy.
‘"We need to check that the latest generation of artificial pitches do not have a damaging effect on the environment or player performance," Franco Carraro said. "Once we've done that I believe we can start playing Serie A games as soon as next year."’