Liberia awaits CAF inspection report on SKD complex
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Monrovia – Liberia is expected to know whether Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex will pass the final stages of the African Football Confederation (CAF) inspection to play at home in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Qatar 2022.
The SKD complex was banned by CAF on May 2, 2021, but the ban was later suspended due to President George M. Weah’s quick intervention.
Following this decision, Liberia Football was asked to improve the facilities, which include modern changing rooms, media stand, anti-doping room, modern referee room, media center, medical room, commissaires’ room. of match, bucket seats and a dust cell.
The government was then able to release funds for the project with the contractors completing the work before CAF inspector Emmanuel Dasoberi carried out the first inspection on APost Views: August 2-3.
At a joint press conference at the SKD sports complex, Youth and Sports Minister D. Zeogar Wilson said the government has ensured that the stadium meets FIFA and CAF requirements for host international matches.
According to Minister Wilson, there is still other work on the stadium, including bucket seats and the noise reduction cell which is expected to be completed in December 2021.
Minister Wilson explained which parts of the stadium were highlighted as the requirements were VVIP lounge, VIP 2 lounge, medical room, media center, boys’ ball, match officers room, l anti-doping, the referees room, the clothing house, full air conditioning, bed massages, five indoor bathrooms and hot and cold water showers, an outdoor changing room, a central camera room and a fire control room, arch and playground are ready.
Minister Wilson acknowledged that with the level of work accomplished so far on the stadium, he is convinced that FIFA and CAF will give the green light to host the next qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. in Liberia.
Minister Wilson however revealed that the stadium was built before the current requirements were put in place by the world football governing body.
Minister Wilson said: “We have addressed the cardinal concerns on the ground and I am sure we have done a tremendous job,” said Minister Wilson. “The SKD sports complex was built in 1978 and completed in 1986 before the introduction of FIFA club licensing in 2015, so there is no way to consider this stadium as a modern stadium.”
Also speaking, the president of the Liberia Football Association, Mustapha Raji, said that if FIFA and CAF could have reasons to disqualify the stadium, it would not be on the basis of the demands provided by the government.
According to Raji, the stadium can qualify if CAF emphasizes the bucket seats and the punch cell, as they have all completed key areas and only the bucket seats are short.
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