Contrary to some reports making rounds in the media that the playing surface at the Cape Coast Stadium is in disarray, the Regional Football Association chairman Robert Duncan has rubbished those claims saying the pitch is in good condition ready to host the Black Stars.

The Black Stars of Ghana will on Thursday 14th November host the Bafana Bafana of South Africa in the Afcon 2021 opening qualifier.

Robert Duncan in an interview with Spice Fm has refuted claims that pitch is in a bad state ahead of the clash on Thursday.

“I don’t understand why we will use a pitch in a poor state for a Black Stars game.

“Same thing happened during the AWCON, people said the pitch wasn’t in good shape but it ended up hosting the tournament.

“Those people aren’t technical people, the pitch goes through a routine maintenance, the grass on the pitch is intentionally grown with fertilizer, so a time will come when we will do maintenance and shape the grass and not like a new stadium where everything is done afresh.

The match was initially scheduled to be played at the Accra Sports stadium but due to logistical concerns it was moved to Ghana's first capital Cape Coast.

Ghana will travel to play Islanders Sao Tome and Principe on the 18th November 2019.