One of the stars of the senior national team of Libya has admitted that the Super Eagles of Nigeria were badly treated by the football authority in Libya upon arrival for their 2025 AFCON qualifiers game, OwnGoalNigeria reports......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Nigeria were due to play Libya yesterday in the reverse tie of the AFCON qualifiers game, after winning the first tie played on Friday in Uyo 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru.
However upon arrival in Libya they were left unattended to at the airport for a period of over 16 hours forcing them to return back to Nigeria, abandoning the game.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided to suspend the game from yesterday’s fixtures, and announced that the case has been referred to the disciplinary committee.
The decision disappointed the host, who were hoping the football body will rule in their favour by giving them three points if they are allowd to perform the traditional walk over.
Reacting Besiktas midfielder Al Moatasem Musrati admitted that the Super Eagles were indeed treated badly, but it was a response to how they were treated in Nigeria when they arrived for Friday’s tie. A claim that has been proven to be false by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
He said their case wasn’t given enough attention because they don’t have top players in big leagues like the Super Eagles, which made it easy for the European media to feast on the news as shared by the players on their various social media platforms.
Musrati made it known in a post on his Facebook handle as posted below.
This evening, Some European Medias have been falsely reporting the suffering of of Nigerian players after they were badly treated in Libya when they came to playbtye second Leg game here against the Libyan national football team.
This game counts as the fourth round match for the qualifiers of the next African Nations cup.
The full truth of what happened is that this is a normal and logical result according to what had happened to the Libyan National team when they went to play the first leg match in Nigeria.
Libyan players were held for hours in the Airport for no reason then were thrown in malfunctioning busses. They were driven in those busses for three hours to arrive in an area with high military tension.
These events were not mentioned by the media because the Libyan players are not famous enough while the Nigerian players were able to use their fame to show they were treated poorly, thanks to their social media.
Libya is a country that is known for its hospitality and welcoming people, history has shown that.
No National team has ever been treated poorly when visiting our country.
What happened here was a reaction to the horrible treatment that our players had to endure, nothing more.