Monimichelle Can Produce A Hybrid Synthetic Pitch With FIFA Approved Plant Based Infill And You Will See A Totally Different Super Eagles Performance

Akinkunle Bolarinwa 

Through observations, investigations and research it has been identified how the quality of football in Nigeria has been impeded due to the poor condition of pitches which has contributed to poor results during matches. 

A renowned pitch expert, Honourable Ebi Egbe believes he can fix the situation if called upon. 

The Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle pitch construction company is offering a pathway to the recovery of lost pitches in the country. 

According to him, Refined players like our super stars in the Nigerian Super Eagles can not express themselves on an unrefined pitch.

"Give Monimichelle Sports six days to prepare MBJ Arena hybrid synthetic pitch with our FIFA approved plant based infill for just one Super Eagles game and Nigerians will see a totally different Super Eagles performance".

Honourable Ebi Egbe believed that the quality of the pitch had an impact on players quality and performance. 

"Everton F.C Goodison park pitch is a synthetic infused pitch (Hybrid pitch) we can replicate same in Nigeria with the best technology"

He declared that natural grass isn’t the easiest thing in the world to maintain, especially with the ever-changing and difficult to predict weather. 

"For that reason the top stadiums use a very specific blend of real grass with artificial components as permitted by the FA".

The Bayelsa born pitch administrator cited the English FA’s rule book which states that football must be played wholly natural or on a wholly artificial playing surface. 

"The English FA’s rule book states, “The field of play must be wholly natural or, if competition rules permit, a wholly artificial playing surface except where competition rules permit an integrated combination of artificial and natural materials (hybrid system)”.

He stated further that the rules go on to talk about international football and say, “Where artificial surfaces are used in competition matches between representative teams of national football associations affiliated to FIFA or international club competition matches, the surface must meet the requirements of the FIFA Quality Programme for Football Turf or the International Match Standard, unless special dispensation is given by The IFAB”.

"In other words, it must be natural grass unless permission has been given for it to be something else. Nowadays that ‘something else’ is becoming more and more common at the top end of the game".