Vice captain of the Super Green Eagles of Nigeria, William Troost Ekong has urged the Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) to provide a pristine pitch at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja during the second leg clash with Ghana in the 2022 World Cup play offs.

He this known when the NFF and the Sports Ministry of Nigeria held a virtual meeting with the players of the national team ahead of the crunch fixture against Ghana.

The two giants of African football will battle for the only ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

He asked for the pitch to be in ‘pristine condition’ for the return leg encounter, saying the Garoua pitch where they played all their AFCON games made it easy for them to play good football.

“We loved the pitch of the stadium in Garoua and it helped us play some good football”, Ekong said

“We would be delighted if the Abuja Stadium is in similar condition for the second leg.”

The recently renovated MKO Stadium is complete with nursery beds, two digital scoreboards, 24 sprinklers, and two-year maintenance, as part of the contract reached with Dangote Industries under the Adopt-a-Pitch Public-Private Partnership initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.