A month after the deplorable treatment meted out to Nigeria’s players, the Libyan Football Federation became the protagonist of another unpleasant episode a few days ago. Gernot RohrBenin coach, denounced attacks by fans and police officers after the match valid for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers: “The problems happened after the match, to our great surprise. First there was a throw of bottles, then one of my assistants was chased by people who wanted to hit him in the tunnel. We locked ourselves in the changing rooms for an hour and a half and when we came out, really unfortunate events occurred that we shouldn’t see in football,” he said. to Canal+ Sport Africa.
“We saw that it is a country where there is still no security, as the police also beat us. They took out their truncheons to beat us. We suffered some bruises… It’s really deplorable. The match itself went well, but after the match it was a disaster. The Benin government, which we thank, made a plane available to us to leave but we waited all night, about ten hours before the match, for it to have permission to fly over Mali. and the Burkina Faso. Then we waited 10 hours all night, the players didn’t sleep… But we returned to Cotonou.”