In Libya, the stadium “martyrs of the February revolution” of 2011, which honors the uprising that ended the dictatorship of Muammar al-Gaddafi, prepares to host on Thursday the first official football match that has been played in the country since it broke out in 2014 the civil war.
It will be in Benghazi, the second largest city and capital of the east of the country, where the teams of Libya and Tunisia will meet in a meeting in which the “Eagles of Carthage ”Can certify their qualification to the African Cup of Nations .
Tunisia is the favorite
Tunisians, second team in Africa (place 26) after Senegal in the FIFA world rankings – start as favorites against Libya willful.
The visiting team traveled to fortified Benghazi on Wednesday with the loss of its star, the midfielder Wahbi Khazri (AS Saint-Étienne), to whom the Mondhe technician r Kebaïer has had to replace at the last minute, due to issues associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
The objective is to qualify, during which they will also face Equatorial Guinea, which also could achieve qualification on this day if they beat Tanzania in their own stadium.