Deputy Director General of the National Sports Authority, Bawa Majeed has given a shocking responds to the agitated Ghanaian football faithfuls, who complained bitterly about the state of the Baba Yara Stadium pitch last night after Ghana's defeat to Angola.
The Black Stars had a very appalling start to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers after losing painfully to the Palancas Negras by 0-1 last Thursday, and this was their first defeat in Kumasi in twenty-four years.
Normally, the Ghanaian football fans would have gone harder on the coach and players but the aftermath of the game took a huge twist this time with large share of the blames going to the National Sports Authority instead.
Fans and journalists sparred the team this time as they believe the pitch was in a very bad state and contributed hugely to the defeat.
Reacting to these comments, Bawa Majeed feels there was nothing wrong with the pitch since it was approved by CAF before and furthered on by affirming the Angolans played on the same grounds and not in the sky.
He furthered on by saying the blame should rather be directed to the technical team who failed to effect substitutions early in the game.
“Are they suggesting that the Angolans were playing in the sky? They are all footballers,” Bawa told Asempa FM.
“Those they assembled to play against the Black Stars are professionals. We assembled our professionals. They all played on the same pitch. So CAF has inspected the pitch and approved it for the game.
“Let's just look at what happened. We might not be coaches but we follow and understand football. We all suspected and wanted, even the fans themselves were agitating for change in the 60th minute."
The four-time African champions will face Niger in their second group game on Monday, September 9, against Niger in Niamey.
