DOHA: A senior UEFA executive on Thursday raised concerns about the quality of the Champions League final pitch just 10 days ahead of Europe’s biggest club match of the season. Keith Dalton, senior match operations manager with UEFA, said organisers face “a lot of challenges” in getting the surface ready at Milan’s San Siro stadium for the game on May 28 between Spanish rivals Real and Atletico Madrid. “We are facing a lot of challenges to get this pitch up to the level it needs to be for the Champions League final,” Dalton said in a speech at the World Stadium Congress conference being held in Doha. “The grounds keeper, with all due respect to him, is very junior and he is the only one with the technical expertise operating that stadium. “The rest of the guys can just hold a fork.” Afterwards, Dalton, whose speech outlined UEFA’s requirements for Champions League matches and also European Championship games, added that he was sure the pitch would be ready but UEFA wanted it to be perfect for the final. Later Wednesday, Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA director of competitions, shrugged off the fears. “The organisation of the final in Milan is on…