We have had issues of countries not appreciating the reception they received in certain countries, this is not a situation that is peculiar to African football. CAF is responsible for keeping countries in check and in accordance with laid down guidelines, they do not host delegates or plan their travel itinerary.
With the information that has filtered to the internet what we know now is;
• The Nigerian team felt mistreated by their host,
• They have also refused to participate in the match that was scheduled to hold today,
• Libya similarly complained of how they were hosted in the reverse fixture last week,
• Very likely both countries will be lodging compliants to CAF with the evidence they can provide.
We have to just wait for the outcome of investigations and the scheduled match as players have to return to their clubs very soon. A postponed international match cannot be easily rescheduled.
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It's unfair that football competitions which was made to unite people together have been used the opposite way to bring disunity within countries. Libya should be the one at fault because, I don't see how a visitor will go and ferment trouble away from home when they only went there to play against the host. Who knows, maybe, Libya knows that they will be defeated and decided not to welcome the Super Eagles into their country from the airport. CAF will investigate and find out who is at fault before any action can be taken.
It’s obvious the CAF aren’t taking accurate measures towards the welfare of this countries and it’s players.
You should not jump to conclusions about CAF; the shortcoming in the welfare of the visiting players is a breach in the regulations that they have, the regulations guiding football. They will carry out investigations, and then I am sure they will give some kind of punishment if it is found that the actions of the host country were intentional. Investigations are ongoing currently, and the game is postponed to be held at a later date.
We will be looking forward to the outcome of this investigation because the decision that CAF will take will be very important to help this kind of situation not to happen again.
Excuse me for laughing, but I am African and I have lived here in Africa since I was born and something I have learned living here in Africa is that most African governments are corrupt and this corruption is in football and sports in general. In this case of Nigeria, CAF will not find anything to blame Libya because all evidence will be destroyed, the management of the Libyan airport will be able to say that it was an incident that was not intentional and there will be no way for CAF to say otherwise. Also, the Libyan government can instruct all Libyans who had contact with the Nigerian delegation to say that the Nigerian delegation was treated well in Libya and of course CAF will believe them and all they will do is reschedule the game to another place and no one will be punished.
We should not call CAF into question just yet. They cannot preempt the actions countries will take what they can do is do thorough investigations and punish anyone who is found to be at fault to serve as a deterrent to other countries who may consider acting in a similar way.
With the available situation, it certainly looks like Libya is at fault for trying to sabotage the Nigerian team and their claim of similar mistreatment does not hold water as that is a situation you report formally to the governing body and not plan a revenge scheme.
Bookies have taken the game off and the Nigerian players have returned to their country so the game is off for now.
- Jay -
With the available situation, it certainly looks like Libya is at fault for trying to sabotage the Nigerian team and their claim of similar mistreatment does not hold water as that is a situation you report formally to the governing body and not plan a revenge scheme.
Bookies have taken the game off and the Nigerian players have returned to their country so the game is off for now.
- Jay -
It’s obvious the CAF aren’t taking accurate measures towards the welfare of this countries and it’s players.
You should not jump to conclusions about CAF; the shortcoming in the welfare of the visiting players is a breach in the regulations that they have, the regulations guiding football. They will carry out investigations, and then I am sure they will give some kind of punishment if it is found that the actions of the host country were intentional. Investigations are ongoing currently, and the game is postponed to be held at a later date.
We will be looking forward to the outcome of this investigation because the decision that CAF will take will be very important to help this kind of situation not to happen again.
No one knows what happened yet. According to what I read on the news, the Super Leagues of Nigeria left Libya airport after they have been there for over 14 hours. Libya Football Federation alleged sabotage and threatened legal action against Nigeria according to what I saw on the news. Which means something happened at Libya airport between Nigerian football players and Libyans at the airport. Very bad that we do not know exactly what happened. The match has been cancelled or maybe postponed.
I’m creating this trend to discuss the importance of the AFCON and the countries involved. Considering what is really going on with Nigeria and Libya. It’s obvious the CAF aren’t taking accurate measures towards the welfare of this countries and it’s players. Considering how football unites different categories of people and the fun is enjoyable . Without taking full responsibilities and measures could see countries clashing with each other as a result of ignorance of the CAF.
Let’s discuss the issues at hand and also outline the solutions to each problems.
Before this turns from being fun to bringing conflict.
Let’s keep the fun going
Let’s discuss the issues at hand and also outline the solutions to each problems.
Before this turns from being fun to bringing conflict.
Let’s keep the fun going
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