Players of the senior national team of Nigeria have been backed by the coach of South Africa Hugo Broos on the poor state of the Toyota Stadium, which will host today’s world cup qualifiers game between both countries, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria will be up against the group leaders on a pitch that handles more rugby games than international football matches, and players of the team have been left shell shock by the poor state of the pitch.
Right full back Ola Aina made a video of the pitch after they arrived for training, lamenting the decision by FIFA to accept a pitch of that nature to handle a high profile game.
Broos was also vocal about the abysmal state of the pitch. ” “I have said already before, I am not happy with the pitch either,” Broos told reporters about the venue for Nigeria vs South Africa game.
“There were people that blamed me that I didn’t want to play here [Free State Stadium], this is stupid. This is nonsense, we would like to have a very good pitch like we had before.”
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
