Sports News of Wednesday, 16 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFlashback: You are killing careers with artificial pitches - Sammy Kuffour flares upplay videoGhana legend Sammy Osei KuffourLegendary Ghanaian footballer Samuel Osei Kuffour in 2019 described governments ‘One Constituency, One Astroturf’ pitches as one which could kill the careers of young footballers. Sammy Kuffour wondered why Ghana is not learning from countries like Germany, England and Spain who have abandoned the use of artificial grass. He enumerated a number ills associated with artificial pitches which he reckons will affect the development of players in the long term. Interestingly some key personalities in the country have in the past declared support for artificial pitches. One of such personalities is the Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah who last month commended Wembley for the synthetic pitch constructed at Madina.

Source: GhanaWeb December 16, 2020 16:41 UTC