Angry fans of Sierra Leone's national football team have attacked a player's house after he missed a decisive penalty.

Captain Umaru Bangura failed to convert a stoppage-time spot kick in front of a huge crowd on Sunday.

It meant Sierra Leone failed to get through to the next stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Liberia qualified, winning the tie 3-2 on aggregate.

After the game fans pelted Bangura's home with stones.

The windows and doors of his residence in the capital, Freetown, were left badly damaged. A song has even been released mocking his penalty miss.

"[It was] one of the worst days of my life," Bangura told the BBC on Monday while hiding in his bedroom. "I can't even go outside because I didn't expect this kind of hostility towards me.

"I did my job by stepping up as the captain to take the spot kick," he added. "I am really disappointed. But at the same time I wish to say sorry [and] beg for their forgiveness."

Had Bangura scored, Sierra Leone would have levelled the two-legged tie 3-3 and gone through to the next stage on away goals.

Red Cross staff also came under attack outside the stadium after they were accused of whisking Bangura away from fans, the BBC's Umaru Fofana says.

Four Red Cross volunteers were injured in the unrest. People also threw stones at their marked ambulances, which were later pictured with smashed windows.

"I was really disappointed with the Sierra Leoneans," the country's sports minister, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, told the BBC.

"Some disgruntled hoodlums went to [Bangura's] house and pelted stones at it," he said. "It is not good for the game. He is our captain [and] football is a game of chance."

Mr Nyelenkeh added: "[Hooliganism] is becoming unprecedented. I think measures should be put in place to combat it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49633869

Painful, but its just a game

Footballers dey try oo, the passion and emotion we fans attached to the game is just out of this world

all this mumu fans wee just die of hbp
I stopped watching national football when I discovered 1960bet (of blessed memory)

I watch football these days according to my ticket, nonsense and ingredient,


Saturday come make I rejoice as usual

hmmm!

Africans dey mad

I did my job by stepping up as the captain to take the spot kick," he added. "I am really disappointed. But at the same time I wish to say sorry [and] beg for their forgiveness."

We are thanking God for your life Cappo.
We still remembered what happened to Escobar of blessed memory!

Captain of the team for that matter, anyways this is football and anything can happen.
Sierra Leone fans should take hrt and move on.

Hmmm.. Don't start blaming them. We that watch NIGERIA Argentina match can relate to this regarding Igalo..

And again some people bet and might have lost a huge amount of money

Lolz, why him self miss penalty? maybe he is thinking with his butt


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Africans and their backwardness self

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They don know waiz going on. Haq Haq Haq

as if them go qualify if dem enter next round..dem go still collect well well for next round so need to qualify self.
mumu people

Pojebere:
K

seun and myndd44 people like this are scammers and human traffickers, you need to do something about them too. They've wrecked a lot of family members they threw into UAE for example

LongrichPlanet:
Na wa oo. Players will now be scared of taking pk

lol.. I go like make Manchester united see anoda penalty in dia next match. E sure me say pogba and rashford don dey disqualified for taking p.k already

Nigerians are not this crazy about national team football.

They can shout and curse or even threaten but they wont attack anything or anyone.

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Thank God I'm not a football fan.
The way those guys argue most time, you'll think there's monthly allowance attached to it.

Yakade:
Sudanese are terrorists

Learn how to read.

AK for SU

Old news

Something Wey happen since Sunday night..

This is football "xenophobia" taught by south Africans.

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