{"id":488901,"date":"2011-10-10T19:03:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/10\/10\/accra-stadium-pitch-under-stress\/"},"modified":"2011-10-10T19:03:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T19:03:40","slug":"accra-stadium-pitch-under-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/10\/accra-stadium-pitch-under-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Accra Stadium Pitch Under Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/00f5daa21955_720409.jpg.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c6\" \/><span>The pitch at the Accra Sports Stadium is fast deteriorating following a series of activities taking place at the arena, but grass expert Frank Boahene charged with the maintenance of the playing field says \u2018it is only under stress.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The pitch, which has hosted several musical concerts in recent times has turned yellowish with pockets of potholes which have made playing hectic. Premier League action returned to the Accra Stadium on Sunday and whiles patrons find the sight of the pitch unpleasant with players complaining of poor quality that disturbed ball control, Boahene, Chief Executive of Green Grass Technology insist there is nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>He told GNA Sports in Accra on Monday that \u2018the pitch is only under stress, which is very usual because it has been hosting other activities recently. Since organizers of concerts and other activities mounted their platforms for days, it deprives us from maintaining it during that period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo naturally, the grass goes through some shock after the concert or programs. If we are going to use it as host of other activities apart from football, then such things must be expected.\u201d Boahene said the field will require a period of seven to 14 days without further interruption to fully recover.<\/p>\n<p>He said his charges will embark on vigorous watering in the ensuing days to ensure the pitch regained its form. \u201cHopefully by the end of next week, we will see the green-looking pitch it used to be. We have already put a lot of sand on it and loading it with a lot of water so it can recover very fast.\u201d The national stadium\u2019s pitch was reconstructed when Ghana hosted 15 other countries during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The arena in recent times has been host to various religious, social and musical activities with the latest being the \u2018Mavado live in Ghana\u2019 gig on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The pitch at the Accra Sports Stadium is fast deteriorating following a series of activities taking place at the arena, but grass expert Frank Boahene charged with the maintenance of the playing field says \u2018it is only under stress.\u2019 The pitch, which has hosted several musical concerts in recent times has turned yellowish with pockets of potholes which have made playing hectic. Premier League action returned to the Accra Stadium on Sunday and whiles patrons find the sight of the pitch unpleasant with players complaining of poor quality that disturbed ball control, Boahene, Chief Executive of Green Grass Technology insist there is nothing to worry about. He told GNA Sports in Accra on Monday that \u2018the pitch is only under stress, which is very usual because it has been hosting other activities recently. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Accra Stadium Pitch Under Stress - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/10\/accra-stadium-pitch-under-stress\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Accra Stadium Pitch Under Stress - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The pitch at the Accra Sports Stadium is fast deteriorating following a series of activities taking place at the arena, but grass expert Frank Boahene charged with the maintenance of the playing field says \u2018it is only under stress.\u2019 The pitch, which has hosted several musical concerts in recent times has turned yellowish with pockets of potholes which have made playing hectic. 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