Ghana Premier League: Kotoko coach Barreto questions Club Licensing Board’s decision to approve Dreams’ Dawu pitch

Asante Kotoko coach Mariano Barreto is left baffled by how the Ghana Football Association’s Club Licensing Board approved the Theatre of Dreams pitch.

Kotoko played guest to relegation-bound Inter Allies in Dawu on Monday afternoon and laboured for the maximum points in a game that produced 5 goals.

Both sides created a missed chances in the exchanges.

Evans Adomako and Abdul Ismail Ganiyu suffered various decree of injuries in the game and Barreto has blamed the bad nature of the pitch for the injury setbacks.

“I had two injury situations. We had to replace Ganiyu because of injury afterwards Evans also sustained injury because the pitch is not good. I don’t understand how this pitch can be approved for league match,” he told Eli Kondoh in the post match interview.

“Sometimes when we lose we try to find excuse but I tell you this pitch doesn’t meet any of the conditions to play a league match on,” he added.

Kotoko claimed a 3-2 win to move on tops terms with leaders Hearts of Oak who have 53 points after 29 games.

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