Topic: Is the CAF really taking responsibility? - page 2. (Read 950 times)

I do not know if it is a rumour yet but I am reading it from some sources that Nigeria will likely be awarded 3 points and 3 goals as a punishment for what Libya did. It is clear how it is the fault of Libya. Also Libya will not be allowed to play at home for 3 consecutive matches and that they will be fined. I do not know how true this is for now but I think it would be a good punishment.

This act is so unprofessional, I think it shouldn't be a matter that the CAF will take so lightly,  let their be actions because if nothing is done about it I believe something similar to this can still happen in the future. If truely this was a planned action, it happens because they know there won't be any consequences to it. Football is a professional game and every behaviour must be in a professional manner, rules which people needs to follow up. I don't know the reason for such behaviour but I think it needs to be corrected to make the Africa football to be more professional.

If truly what you’re saying is actually the way it is. I won’t argue with that in anyways. But then this has nothing to do with other countries peace of mind and the fun football brings. This is their problem if if CAF is trying not to be hard on them in the mindset of uniting them. They shouldn’t be overlooked when going against rules like what they’ve done. We all know how politics has effects some many countries both positively and negatively. But it’s left for them and their colonial governments to Peale things right and not spreading their legs outside using that as a means to create conflict

I understand you, but on the contrary, I guess you wanted to say thousands of Nigerians endure in Libya? That's more reason they believe they can treat the country like trash.

That's by the way, I never meant that kind of conflict that would result in confrontations, it's a sport. There are legal ways of doing this which I stated part of it above in a peaceful protest. Libya has committed an offence against Nigeria in the name of football, the world's football governing bodies should see to it in their hierarchy and hugely sanction the erring party. Not only that, Nigeria should never play in Libya for a while, a neutral field is okay for such a country you can't even trust. Their action is evil.

What I have read officially is that CAF has formed a disciplinary committee headed by Ousmane Kane of Senegal to investigate the circumstances surrounding Nigeria’s withdrawal from the match that was scheduled for that match in Libya.

I do not know who the people on this committee are, but it seems to me that they are “notable” people who have the influence to make decisions.

What surprised me was the NFF’s retaliation in refuting all these allegations, attributing the logistical dilemmas to the LFF and claiming that they failed to communicate essential information about their arrival and made last-minute changes to the landing site from Uyo to Port Harcourt, as if this had been the LFF’s choice.

Anyway, in the end, I believe that nothing will happen and the ones who will really pay for this are the fans who were unable to watch the game.

I think we already have a thread dedicated for AFCON discussion that would have been best for this discussion since it is an ongoing one that have already been touched by many people. But for better visibility, creating a thread is also fine. The issue that happened between Nigeria and Libya is actually an unfortunate one that should never have been seen in this modern times. I think such things was possible because of the political instability of Libya, a country that is yet to stabilize so then really do not care about many things at this point so even if CAF uses the hammer on them, they are not much bordered as they have more important things to think about now than football. CAF understood this that is why they are being cautious not to be too hard on them, hoping that football could help them unite and overcome their challenges.

I have gotten no further context of all this situation but I would not be surprised there was some actual malice when the Nigerian team flown to Libya and they were not taken care of as they should have, there is much corruption when comes to politics in Africa, in general. The problem is actually bigger if someone within Nigerian government decided to retaliate by mistreating the Libyan team as soon as they got the chance to do so.
Honestly, these kind of drama only makes it difficult for the regular people to enjoy the sport and further engage in sport betting, you know?
If powerful people is willing to interfere with the stay conditions of a visiting team, then how can we sure they would not be also willing to fix matches as well?

Yeah it very bad of Libya to act in such manner, but also why do Nigeria have to let them drop at calabar instead of Uyo and we are all aware that Uyo also gave an international airport. The Libya complained about the bus and the road from calabar to Uyo, but the bus I saw on social media was a good bus compared to the 16 sitter bus the Libya government provided for the Nigerians. Things  like this is why they don't really take Africans seriously because how can 2 nations act like this to each other.

I think CAF needs to take serious action with both countries or at least the country found guilty should be penelized. South Americans will never act like this towards each other or even the Europeans. When you want to be taken seriously in anything you do then you have to act accordingly, alot of things need to change in the African football system and penalizing the faulted country will be a good start.

Worse comes to worst. Nigerians will be asked to returned home. seems this is some kind of hate towards Nigeria.
Probably they’re jealous and Libyan team has never been a threat in any of the Africa competitions.

We do not want a mere football match that should have promoted friendship to result in conflict. Nigerians will suffer more if this issue escalates. How many Libyans live in Nigeria? It might be an insignificant number but thousands of Nigerians live in Libya because it is a major route to illegally migrate to Europe. They might become more hostile to Nigerians in Libya if this problem is not handled well. 

The game should be rescheduled to another country, maybe North Africa. The Libyan Football Federation should pay a fine and also bear the expenses Nigeria will incur because of the rescheduled match.

However, Nigeria still tops that table with seven points after Rwanda defeated the Benin Republic. A win will make Nigeria join countries like Senegal, DR Congo, Algeria, Egypt, Angola, Cameroon, and Uganda, and host Morocco, which has already qualified for the Nations Cup.   

So it’s then it’s clear that this isn’t just about the football aspect. There’s something fishy going on which must be brought to light. The Libyan government wanted to use the football as a means of executing whatever intentions they had. From what you just said now. Imagine an airplane running out of fuel which still in the sky. That could result to crashing leading to the lost of passengers life onboard. If there’s anything they felt is going on between them and Nigeria. Then they shouldn’t drag it in to the world of football. Thank God the players after all this landed safely and also returned back to the country safely. This could have been something else.

Who cares if it turns into a conflict?

It is an affront by Libya against Nigeria, Nigeria should reciprocate, enough of this nonsense. First, CAF would sanction Libya and I believe FIFA would do something. This is more possible since the pilot confirmed that it was Libyan authorities who deliberately diverted the plane and treated Nigerian players like that. However, before the response of CAF and FIFA, Nigeria should never fly to Libya to play that match again, another country should be chosen for the match in a show of protest.

We didn’t see it coming. This is a matter of life and death. I watched the video where the pilot flying the plane explained what happened on the flight and the instruction or should I say command he received from Libyan government. He was told by the “highest authority in Lybia” to divert the aircraft. Knowing that there was limited quantity of fuel for the trip, the Libya government completely ignored the risks that accompanied their decision. Honestly, we do not need this dark arts in football. It gives African football a bad reputation. Sadly, the damage has been done and CAF should act accordingly. Last I read, Nigeria may be taking the case to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Why do i feel like this guys had it all planned after their arrival in Nigeria, not only do they know it is hard or just impossible defeating Nigeria at home, so they set up possible means to divert the result to a draw, then following with their motive towards the Nigeria team going through sort of stress and being mentally drained ahead of their game in Libya, giving them the worst of performance during the game. I am happy as the Super Eagles came back to Nigeria without honouring the fixture, clearly as it was they might have lost the game if at all they stayed to play.

Africans are now getting divided, what a pity for a continent that has went through stages of difficulties and has independently emerge out of it, not finding measures to stick together. Nigeria (Super Eagles) has hosted many countries and no complains recorded, how much more of Libya that is not counted as a threat in all Afrian competitions.

Not everything can be controlled by CAF, considering that the policies of imposing sanctions on teams are not always effective. The nature of African peoples is that they always agree to disagree, and that is why we see their levels very low in terms of performance when it comes to team sports, especially football, despite the fact that its players have great performance and find their opportunities with clubs outside the continent. This is a difficult equation and CAF is supposed to be aware of this.

It is not the job of CAF to develop the mentality of African societies, and therefore it cannot be blamed in many cases. What happened with the Libyan national team recently is not an exception because this is repeated many times in different forms that may be more or less severe, especially between teams whose countries are in a state of direct conflict. These countries have not yet reached the stage of awareness to realize that sports activities must be neutralized from any political or ideological differences or whatever the reason.

I wouldn't call the Libyan style of play in the first leg unprofessional because that was their strategy. They knew they were playing with one of the best teams in Africa, so they came to secure at least one point. And was clear that they would have achieved it if not for the last-minute goal by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru.

I have spoken in the past with some Nigerians who had lived in Libya. They told me how inhuman these folks treat Africans who are not in the Northern zone. They were willing to force the Super Eagles to use a bus and travel in an area that was experiencing armed conflict. The former caption of the Libyan team Moatasem Al-Musrati justified the ill-treatment and even criticised the media for bias. He said Nigerian players used their popularity in Europe to escalate the issue.  

You are just right about this. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) issue a statement about what actually happened as they have said they will look into the matter. All what you posted was what they founded out. You can see it here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/745527-caf-releases-new-statement-on-libya-vs-nigeria-afcon-qualifier-debacle.html. I read the news many hours ago but I was busy to post about it early today in the morning because the statement was released yesterday.

Wow!! Just wow, good things evidence are being put out and the CAF have no excuse to implement disciplinary action to they the Libyan team if found guilty of all that’s has been said or even put out in the internet and some evidence they’ll find after their investigation.

I watched the first leg between Nigeria vs Lybia. The Libyan team were very unprofessional in their approach to the game, they didn’t want to play and were pulling all sorts of antics just to waste time. I didn’t think their antics would transcend the football pitch and even go as far as putting the lives of the Nigerian squad at risk. This was done to play mind games on the players and make them very uncomfortable before the match. Thanks to the internet, things like this can be recorded live for the world to see. The Super Eagles shared their experience with the world, how come we didn’t hear about the so called maltreatment of the Libya when they came to Nigeria?

I wouldn't take sides for any of the country but allegedly, I think that the Libyan government purposely orchestrated this incident as a revenge to Nigerian football team based on what their own football team also faced when they came to Nigeria last week to play for the 2025 AFCON qualifier which was supposed to be held at Uyo state in Nigeria, unfortunately the plane was diverted to Port Harcourt which made the Libyan football team a bit stranded but yet the NFF made sure they find a solution to get a vehicle that took the team from port Harcourt to Uyo state where the match was supposed to be held.

Based on what lead to the arrival in a port Harcourt instead of Uyo, the NFF said that they were latly informed of the arrival date of the Libyan football team and they apologized for the inconvenience it might have caused the players. Despite the inconvenience, the Libyan players were still treated well in great hospitality.

So, this week, the Nigerian football team went to Libya to play, the Libya government decided to take their revenge too by diverting the plane to a different locations very far from where the football was supposed to hold, as if that was not enough, the Nigerian players stayed in that uncomfortable location  for 13 hours without water to drink, no food to eat, they didn't take their bath and there was no network to even make call or browse.

Later after the 13 hours that the player stayed in that hostile location, the Libyan government decided to send a bus to carry the players to a location (about 200 KM) where the match is supposed to hold. The players were already exhausted and devastated of the whole situation and the bus that was sent to them also contribute in discouraging them.