Libya are nonetheless trying to find their first win within the 2025 AFCON qualifiers after shedding to the senior nationwide crew of Nigeria 0-1 courtesy of a properly taken strike by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, OwnGoalNigeria.com experiences.
The win consolidates the place of the Tremendous Eagles as group leaders with seven factors from there video games, and likewise maintained their unbeaten run below interim coach Austine Eguavoen.
Proper full again of the Libyan crew Sanad bin Ali says their failure to maintain excessive flying Tremendous Eagles winger Moses Simon in test performed an enormous position within the 0-1 defeat they suffered towards Nigeria in Uyo on Friday.
He struggled to maintain Simon at bay with the Nigerian utilizing his good physique motion to create area, earlier than delivering a properly weighted ball which was stabbed him by Dele-Bashiru for the decider of the sport.
” Sure you’ll be able to say he (Simon) is tough to include and we couldn’t deal with him. The way in which we had been set as much as play was to disclaim them the prospect to cross into the field or defend the cross, however Simon discovered a approach to set the ball away from our zone. I feel that determined the sport”, he was quoted as saying by the nation’s press after the sport.