Super Eagles To Leave Libya After NFF Cancels Match Over Poor Reception
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#Sports #AFCON #CAF #Libya #news #NFF #SuperEagles ©October 14th, 2024 ®October 14, 2024 8:50 pm Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to leave Libya after the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF canceled 2025 match against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya following allegation of poor reception by the host country when Nigeria players arrived at the Al Abraq International Airport for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier friendly match. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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00:00Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to leave Libya after the Nigeria Football Federation.
00:05NFF cancelled 2025 match against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya following allegation of poor
00:11reception by the host country when Nigeria players arrived at the Al-Abrak International
00:16Airport for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier-friendly match.
00:20There are reports with videos and photographs posted online that Nigeria's Super Eagles
00:27are currently boarding a plane to return to Nigeria from Libya.
00:31Reports indicated that despite Patrice Moshepe, the president of the Confederation of Africa
00:37Football, CAF's appeal for Nigeria to stay and honour the game, the NFF refused and the
00:44friendly match was scheduled to be played on Tuesday.
00:47The Nigeria Super Eagles took the decision not to proceed with their Africa Cup of Nations
00:53AFCON qualifier against Libya's Mediterranean Knights after being stranded for almost 13
00:59hours at Al-Abrak International Airport.
01:03The team's frustration grew as they awaited a flight back home, despite efforts by the
01:08Nigeria Football Federation NFF to arrange transportation to the match venue in Benghazi,
01:14according to close watchers.
01:17The Nigeria Football Federation said it believed that the delay by the Libyan
01:21authorities was intentional.
01:24A statement by the NFF communications department on Monday said the team were left unattended
01:30too at the Al-Abrak airport.
01:33A video posted by the Eagles' media team also confirmed the development, as the players
01:38and officials, along with their luggage, were left stranded at the airport, with the Libyan
01:44airport officials indifferent to their plight.
01:48The Eagles departed for Libya on Sunday morning, ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations
01:54qualifying matchday 4 clash against the Mediterranean Knights.
01:59Libya was to host the three-time African champions at the 10,000-capacity Matthias of Beninna
02:05Stadium in Beninna, located just 10 km from Benghazi, but reports emerged that they were
02:11diverted to another city, according to Channel's television.
02:15The chartered value-added aircraft was, strangely and in a dangerous manner, diverted to the
02:21small airport away from Benghazi just as the pilot was completing his approach to the Benghazi
02:27airport.
02:28We understand the Al-Abrak International Airport is only used for hard operations.
02:34Fatigued players and officials have remained nonplussed as the host Libyan Football Federation
02:39failed to send any reception team or even vehicles to take the delegation members from
02:44the airport to their hotel, said to be three hours away in Benghazi.
02:49The NFF made arrangements for separate vehicles for the team but the plan was unhinged by
02:55the diversion of the aircraft, the NFF statement reads.
02:59NFF added that the players have resolved not to play the match any longer, as NFF officials
03:06are making plans to fly the team back home.
03:09Nigeria secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Libya at the Gotswo Aquabio International
03:15Stadium in New York on Friday after late a strike by Fisayo Dele Basho.