AFCON Qualifier: Nwabali Aims Another Dig at Libya After Super Eagles’ Victory

AFCON Qualifier: Nwabali Aims Another Dig at Libya After Super Eagles’ Victory

  • The Super Eagles of Nigeria battled hard for a late 1-0 win over Libya in the AFCON 2025 qualifier
  • Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru rescued the Eagles with a late goal that secured all three points
  • Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has aimed another dig at the Libyan’s time-wasting antics

Super Eagles first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has aimed another dig at the Libyan national team for their antics in their 1-0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations loss to Nigeria.

Lazio midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru bailed Nigeria out against the defensive and dark arts strategy of the Mediterranean Knights with a one-time finish in the 87th minute.

Stanley Nwabali made his major tournament debut for Nigeria at AFCON 2023.
Stanley Nwabali playing for Nigeria in the AFCON 2013 final against Ivory Coast. Photo by Issouf Sanogo/AFP.
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Ballon d'Or nominee Ademola Lookman had a goal wrongly disallowed for offside and had a legitimate call for a penalty waived off by Malawian referee Godfrey Philip Nkhakananga.

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Nwabali aims dig at Libya

Super Eagles goalkeeper Nwabali was a mere spectator throughout the 90 minutes as Libya failed to have a shot at goal but were focused on being defensively solid and frustrating Nigeria.

The Chippa United goalkeeper was not impressed by this antics and aimed a dig at the North Africans with a telling post on his social media pages while praising his teammates.

“Cony man die cony man bury am. Great team performance and clean sheet 🇳🇬🦅,” he wrote.

It was the second social media post by Nwabobo, as he is fondly to as, is aiming a cheap shot at the Libyans after he immediately questioned their antics after the match yesterday.

Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen also expressed his frustration at the opponent’s time-wasting antics, claiming they should have played normally.

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Libyan defender explains reason for defeat against Nigeria

"I should think so. We have a time keeper also in the name of Thomas. Actually, they wasted like fourteen, fifteen minutes out of the 45 minutes, which is not so good… I don't think it's a good thing. They should just play normally,” he said as quoted by ANS.

Eguavoen shares plan for Boniface

Legit.ng reported that Eguavoen shared his plan for Victor Boniface after the striker failed to score for the Super Eagles again in the AFCON qualifier win over Libya.

The Bayer Leverkusen striker was preferred to start in the absence of Victor Osimhen, who was not invited due to a muscle injury he suffered during Galatasaray's draw against Kasimpasa.

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Elijah Odetokun (Sports Editor) Elijah Odetokun is a Nigerian sports editor at Legit NG. He has four years of working experience having previously worked at Daily Times Nigeria (August 2020 - September 2020), OmaSports (December 2020 - June 2021), El Futbolero (July 2021; September 2021- November 2021), and Sports Brief (November 2022 - July 2024). He is a press conference and interview specialist and has attended trainings held by Reuters, AIPS, and FIJ. He holds a Bachelor of Agriculture (2021) from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Reach me via elijah.odetokun@sportsbrief.com