LeRoy not happy with pitch

Ghana coach Claude LeRoy criticised the state of the pitch after Ghana's 2-1 win over Guinea, and he was not shy in blaming the tournament organisers for it.

"The first thing is not the quality of the armchair in the VIP room, but the quality of the pitch," he said of the field at Accra's Ohene Djan stadium.

"In more than 20 years in Africa, it's the worst pitch I've ever seen."

"We have a technical team which likes to play one-touch football and this pitch badly affected our game."

The long grass did seem to have an effect on the fluidity of the football and was a cause for some of the major collisions during the match.

LeRoy was also critical of his team's finishing.

"We created so many opportunities to score, scoring seems to be very complicated for us," he said.

"But it was a very good performance by the Black Stars.

"We were also unlucky in the first half when we hit the post three times. We know that the future will be very difficult because all the teams in this competition are very good teams."

Guinea's manager slammed his team performance.

This is the worst match Guinea have played under me," he said.

"My regret is that we didn't play the way we should have.

"The next game will be decisive for us. The consequence of losing the first game is that if we lose the second, we're out."