Izuchukwu Okosi
The first leg of the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs between Ghana and Nigeria will no longer hold at the Cape Coast stadium due to the standards of the playing surface.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) have directed the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to choose between Morocco and Benin Republic to serve as host country for the crucial game.
The match is originally billed to hold on March 25 with the return leg at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja four days later.
FIFA’s decision came after Nigerian Football Federation, NFF submitted a complaint to CAF over the poor state of the Cape Coast Stadium pitch to host the qualifier.
The Cape Coast 15, 000 capacity Stadium was hugely damaged after the West Africa country recently held their 65th Independence anniversary in the stadium.
Pictures emerging from the stadium thereafter showed that the playing surface have been hugely affected and will impede the flow of football if the game is allowed to hold there.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
