Ghana head coach Otto Addo has bemoaned the country’s inability to produce a CAF-standard stadium, describing the situation as a real pity.
The deplorable state of the stadium came under the spotlight following the Black Stars’ AFCON qualifier against Angola last Thursday.
Addo’s side lost 1-0 to the Palancas Negras in their opening qualifying game, with many attributing the defeat to the deplorable state of the pitch.
Otto Addo speaks about prospect of Black Stars playing home matches abroad
Speaking on the sidelines of a CAF symposium for coaches in the Ivory Coast, the Ghana coach said he was already preparing for the prospect of playing the next AFCON qualifier against Sudan outside Ghana.
“It’s really a pity that it has happened like this. Surely, we always want to play in front of our home fans, but at the end of the day we have to make the best out of the situation,” Addo told Ghanaian journalist Micky Jnr.
“If we have to play somewhere and it’s like that, then I don’t want to use my energy to think too much about it because it’s not in our hands and there’s nothing we can do about it.
“It’s a CAF decision and we have to do our best about it. But I hope that if we will be able to play at home, then we quickly manage everything so that we can play at home for our crowd to see us.”