Schalke 04 and Ghanaian international Kevin Boateng has reavealed that the Baba Yara pitch was the major factor for his inablity to play the World cup decider against Zambia. Kevin was expected to make his first appearance for the Stars after rescinding his decision to quit international football.

The 26 year old has had several carrier threatened injuries and believe the hard-surfaced pitches in Ghana make him uncomfortable on the field of play. "My knee didn't feel quite right. The pitch wasn't such a good surface to play on because it was a bit hard," he told reporters on his return to Germany to resume club duties with Schalke. "That's why the manager and I agreed that I would not play. Every footballer has his only little problems".

It is now unclear whether Boateng can ever play for the Black Stars in Ghana since the pitches in Accra and Kumasi - managed by Green Grass Technology - share similar features. Boateng's disclosure has now only succeeded in heightening doubts over his commitments to play for the Black Stars despite his show of love for Ghana in a personal 'lap of honour' before the win over Zambia.

The world football governing body FIFA
has queried Super Eagles coach Stephen
Keshi about his comment on Malawi’s
technical adviser Tom Sainfiet. The
Nigeria coach has been given a
September 16 deadline to respond to
the query.
The Malawi federation reported to FIFA
what it called ‘racist’ remarks by Keshi
aimed at the Belgian.
“We feel the racist remarks by Mr Keshi
are not acceptable,” Fam’s general
secretary Suzgo Nyirenda said.
“We thought it was a personal attack on
our coach and we had to defend him
regardless of skin. We felt we should
help our coach and at the same time put
a stop to the racist remarks from Mr.
Keshi. We have sent evidence of what
Keshi said and we hope FIFA will come
up with some measures to control Mr.
Keshi.”
In the phone interview aired on UK-
based African television show, Keshi was
quoted to have said, “I think the coach
of Malawi is crazy. If he wants to talk to
FIFA, he should go back to Belgium. He
is not an African person, he is a white
dude, he should go back to Belgium.”
The media director for the Nigeria
Football Federation Mr. Ademola
Olajire confirmed to The PUNCH that
they had received the letter from FIFA.
He said, “It came in just before the
game against Malawi in Calabar but it
was important to avoid distractions. The
federation is doing all that is possible to
ensure that Keshi adequately addresses
the issue and within the deadline given.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/fifa-queries-keshi/

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GH KWAME: The world football governing body FIFA
has queried Super Eagles coach Stephen
Keshi about his comment on Malawi’s
technical adviser Tom Sainfiet. The
Nigeria coach has been given a
September 16 deadline to respond to
the query.
The Malawi federation reported to FIFA
what it called ‘racist’ remarks by Keshi
aimed at the Belgian.
“We feel the racist remarks by Mr Keshi
are not acceptable,” Fam’s general
secretary Suzgo Nyirenda said.
“We thought it was a personal attack on
our coach and we had to defend him
regardless of skin. We felt we should
help our coach and at the same time put
a stop to the racist remarks from Mr.
Keshi. We have sent evidence of what
Keshi said and we hope FIFA will come
up with some measures to control Mr.
Keshi.”
In the phone interview aired on UK-
based African television show, Keshi was
quoted to have said, “I think the coach
of Malawi is crazy. If he wants to talk to
FIFA, he should go back to Belgium. He
is not an African person, he is a white
dude, he should go back to Belgium.”
The media director for the Nigeria
Football Federation Mr. Ademola
Olajire confirmed to The PUNCH that
they had received the letter from FIFA.
He said, “It came in just before the
game against Malawi in Calabar but it
was important to avoid distractions. The
federation is doing all that is possible to
ensure that Keshi adequately addresses
the issue and within the deadline given.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/fifa-queries-keshi/

what u are trying to do is to divert attention from the poor state of ghanian pitches, u can create anoda thread for keshi