The brand-new SIS Grass Hybrid surface will make the Luzhniki Stadium the most technologically advanced field in World Football Cup final history. The laser-guided installation took just eight days to complete and boasts 95% natural turf alongside the 5% specially designed PE yarn. The 2018 World Football Cup will be the first to have a SIS Grass Hybrid natural turf reinforced field and SIS Air technology. SIS Grass Hybrid is an advanced reinforced turf system featuring patented fiber injections, which offers increased field stability and delivers considerably more playing hours than natural grass surfaces. SIS Pitches CEO and owner George Mullan said, “It’s the first time a World Football Cup final has been played on anything but all-natural grass, and we are honored to have been chosen to install it. We have come so far to get this system to the pinnacle of world sport. “The quality of SIS Grass Hybrid will ensure that the fields are resilient in all conditions, and I am sure the 2018 World Football Cup Final is one that we all remember.” SIS Air is a revolutionary system that proactively manages soil moisture and removes excess water from the soil via a network of under-field pipes that can blow hot or cold air depending on the climate requirements. The SIS Air system helps to optimize the root zone’s growing conditions and assists the promotion of healthier turf. On SIS Air, SIS Eastern European Managing Director Ilyas Kobal explained, “SIS Air, through our specialized piping infrastructure, ensures the root zone is in excellent condition, in particular in challenging climates such as in Russia. “We are confident that the fields constructed by SIS Pitches for the World Football Cup in 2018 will exceed the expectations of both the players and officials,and SIS Grass Hybrid could be vitally important in the 2022 World Football Cup in Qatar,” said Kobal. SIS Pitches has many years of experience in delivering natural turf pitches and synthetic turf pitches to some of the greatest names in sports as well as to schools, colleges, universities, sports clubs, and local authorities. SIS Pitches has offices in the UK, Ireland, Russia, Turkey, Holland, the Middle East, and Angola. As well as the work at the Luzhniki Stadium, SIS Pitches has also been hard at work elsewhere in Russia in recent times. The global pitch -specialists have also completed work at the homes of FC Krasnodar and Spartak Moscow.