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Libya stun Cameroon with Sfax win
Libyan football’s fairytale run continued
in the World Cup qualifiers on Sunday as a 93rd minute goal from Hamad Ahniash handed
them a 2-1 win over highly fancied Cameroon despite having forfeited home
advantage.
It means Libya are the early leaders in
Group I after the first two matches, having drawn their opening group match
last weekend in Togo.
Ahniash scored deep into stoppage time to
ensure Libyan success behind closed doors in Sfax in neighbouring Tunisia where
the match had been moved because of the instability in Libya.
The winner came with a header from a corner
that was misjudged by Cameroon’s experienced goalkeeper Idriss Carlos Kameni.
Ahmed Zuway had given Libya an early lead
with a similar goal as he out jumped the Cameroon defence in the empty stadium
but Eric Choupo Moting equalised in the 16th minute with a free kick from the
edge of the box.
Libya have not been able to host an
international since October 2010 because of the civil war that led to last
year’s overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.
But despite playing five of their six
qualifying matches away from home they still managed to finish the 2012 African
Nations Cup preliminaries unbeaten and qualify for the finals in Equatorial
Guinea and Gabon, where they continued to confound the odds with a win over
pre-tournament favourites Senegal.
Since the tournament earlier this year they
have sacked their Brazilian coach Marcos Paqueta but seemingly not missed a
beat as they continue to upset the form book.
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