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Hull City boss Marco Silva says it is “impossible” for his team to continue to play at the KCOM Stadium the day after a rugby match has been held on the same pitch.<\/p>\n

The Tigers boss was critical of the state of the KCOM’s pitch after his side beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

It came less than 24 hours after Hull FC beat St Helens in the Super League on the same pitch.<\/p>\n

“There’s so many things the club needs to improve,” said Silva.<\/p>\n

“One team plays rugby on the Friday and then we play – for me, it’s impossible at this level. I’ve said this to our board. It’s impossible.”<\/p>\n

The stadium, owned by Hull City Council, has been shared by the two clubs since 2003.<\/p>\n

Swansea manager Paul Clement sympathised with Silva, saying: “It’s not ideal when you have a game the night before.<\/p>\n

“Any kind of game, never mind a rugby league game, the night before a Premier League game, in my opinion that’s not right.”<\/p>\n

Since 2005, the Swans have shared their Liberty Stadium home with the Ospreys rugby union team – who have been forced to switch next month’s European Challenge Cup quarter-final to Cardiff after both sides were set to play at home on the same day.<\/p>\n

Silva had praise for match-winner Oumar Niasse after the substitute’s two-goal display.<\/p>\n

The Senegal striker struggled at Everton after joining in January 2016 for \u00a313.5m, but has thrived since a January loan move to Hull.<\/p>\n

“We tried to find solutions in the market to help our team and Niasse was a player who was different to our other strikers,” Silva added.<\/p>\n

“He’s one player to come here and help us. He feels as well that we believe in him and that’s important for him and the other strikers.”
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