Libya are still searching for their first win in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers after losing to the senior national team of Nigeria 0-1 courtesy of a well taken strike by Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
The win consolidates the position of the Super Eagles as group leaders with seven points from there games, and also maintained their unbeaten run under interim coach Austine Eguavoen.
Right full back of the Libyan team Sanad bin Ali says their failure to keep high flying Super Eagles winger Moses Simon in check played a huge role in the 0-1 defeat they suffered against Nigeria in Uyo on Friday.
He struggled to keep Simon at bay with the Nigerian using his smart body movement to create space, before delivering a well weighted ball which was stabbed him by Dele-Bashiru for the decider of the game.
” Yes you can say he (Simon) is difficult to contain and we couldn’t handle him. The way we were set up to play was to deny them the chance to cross into the box or defend the cross, but Simon found a way to set the ball away from our zone. I think that decided the game”, he was quoted as saying by the country’s press after the game.
