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The Benin Republic national team qualified for AFCON 2025 after playing a goalless draw against Libya, but the outcome of the match apparently angered the Libyan fans, who went berserk and attacked the team with stones and bottles, while the Libyan police contributed their own quota of beating with batons .

Even their (Benin Republic) Tunisian assistant collect wotowoto. Gerhart Rohr, who is the former coach of the Super Eagles says he is still traumatized by the actions of the nefarious Libyan fans and authorities.

Gernot Rohr, the head coach of the Benin national team, has revealed players and officials of the team were assaulted by fans and police during the recent game between them and Libya in their final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in Tripoli earlier this week.

"We have never seen this kind of thing in football. Libya is not playing fair. After the match, we were thrown stones while at the players’ area,” Rohr said in an interview with Canal Plus about the team’s experience in Libya.

With Nigeria already securing a spot at the 2025 AFCON from Group D, Benin Republic, Rwanda, and Libya went into the final round of matches, hoping to pick up the second slot from the group.

However, the 0-0 draw between Benin and Libya in Tripoli on Monday meant the result favoured Rohr’s side as they secured the second ticket for the 2025 AFCON from the group.

The outcome apparently angered the Libya fans, who eventually resorted to throwing stones and bottles at members of the Benin Republic contingent, with some of them sustaining injuries while the Libyan police also struck players and officials with batons.

“The team’s bus was stopped, but finally, when the police came, we thought we were going to be safe, but they instead entered the bus and started beating in the bus,” Rohr said.

“Even the Tunisian assistant got beaten alongside everyone, which ultimately forced the bus to head directly to the airport to board the flight the Benin embassy had chartered to take everyone back home,” he added.

This is not the first time Libya has been accused of using “dark arts” and treating visiting teams horribly whenever they are in the country for football matches.

Visiting teams for interclub tournaments have also faced unpleasant treatment while in Libya.

Earlier this month, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined Libya $50,000 and awarded three points and three goals against them after diverting Super Eagles mid-air and holding the team hostage inside the airport for more than 15 hours without food and water.

https://gazettengr.com/morocco-2025-benin-rep-players-officials-assaulted-by-fans-police-in-libya-says-rohr/

The punishment they received after their misbehaviour against Nigeria was too small, because CAF failed to do the right thing, Libya became bold to increase their level of misbehaviour. Their punishment should have included a two-year ban, very large fine, playing all their home matches for the next two years in West, south or east Africa after the expiration of the two year ban and educating them on the need to maintain good relationships or neighbourliness

It seems Libya's sanity died with Ghaddafi. I am amazed this country is still being allowed to host matches

Ishilove:
The Benin Republic national team qualified for AFCON 2025 after playing a goalless draw against Libya, but the outcome of the match apparently angered the Libyan fans, who went berserk and attacked the team with stones and bottles, while the Libyan police contributed to their own quota of beating with batons .

Even their (Benin Republic) Tunisian assistant collect wotowoto. Gerhart Rohr who is the former coach of the Super Eagles says he is still traumatized by the actions of the nefarious Libyan fans and authorities.

https://gazettengr.com/morocco-2025-benin-rep-players-officials-assaulted-by-fans-police-in-libya-says-rohr/

VEry violent miserable lot.

I hope they're sanction from playing football for 5years

FIFA should ban them from all football activities

joseph1832:
VEry violent miserable lot.

I hope they're sanction from playing football for 5years

At least now Nigeria has been vindicated. Very terrible lot indeed. That country has lost its glory

Ishilove:
At least now Nigeria has been vindicated. Very terrible lot. That country has lost its glory

was there ever any glory? Gaddafi was only able to tame their wild excesses, but since the West and their loved of shit stain asshole house boy, Obama, had him killed, they have now started to reveal their true nature.

Very miserable asswipes

joseph1832:
was there ever any glory? Gaddafi was only able to tame their wild excesses, but since the West and their loved of shit stain asshole house boy, Obama, had him killed, they have now started to reveal their true nature.

Very miserable asswipes

We dash them to South Africa.

Deep words you have written. This may just really be their true nature laid bare

This is quite common in North Africa.

🤣

Wahala

Make dem come beat Super Eagles make dem see our red eyes.

If they try that nonsense to Super Eagles, we are going to deploy IPOB, Lakurawa & Bokoharam there

This is too bad

Coach

Behaving like ronu agbero

naptu2:
This is quite common in North Africa.

It is quite disgraceful and stiffer penalties should be administered to curb this kind of animalistic behaviour

Lol.. I'll blame CAF.

Wild wild Libya

By now the Libyans should be given a very long ban from not only football but other sports.

Libyans appear deeply jealous, sadistic and horrible.

Lol

Terrorist behavior.

Nawa o

Since when did the Libyans start behaving like barbarians?

CAF need to impose very heavy sanctions on them to serve as deterrent!

Keep joking with muslim countries.

If you think they are a set of "we love peace" kind of peeps, then you deserve what Benin Republic guys got.
Be a friend of a muslim, but never trust him with your safety. He'd kill you and smille all his life for doing so.

The worst part is that em'brown folks think they are arabs. They don't know that real arabs see them as animals, I mean, third class muslims, while they see Nigerians and blacks as fifth-class muslims and "repentant and believing slaves."

I recall so many Nigerians were so quick to defend the treatment the Super Eagles got from the Libyan government and team. 😁😁😁

Just so you know; Arabs are worse racists compared to Europeans

Libya no be country

It’s time to ban these shameless Arabs

Later una go dey cry say free Palestinians

If arabs have the upper hand in the world, they will islamize the whole world and terrorize us

CAF is to blame for this. They ought to be banned from playing home matches.
Super eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen and the entire team were so lucky