Libya’s football revolution

January 27, 2012 by  

After the compelling drama of the opening games of the Africa Cup of Nations, Andy Richardson reports from Bata on a Libya team who lost to Equatorial Guinea in the dying minutes of their Group A match, but who may have won a brighter footballing future after the fall of Muammar Gadaffi. Libya qualified for the tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea despite the upheaval of revolution. Andy talks to Walid El Khatroushi, a player who fought on the front line for rebel forces, and hears how players who spoke out in favour of Gadaffi have been dropped. For more news, features and videos on the Africa Cup of Nations go to aje.me Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyR_Sport

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14 Responses to “Libya’s football revolution”

  1. CoolLibyan18 on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Shut the fuck up u Gadhafi rats!!!!!? I bet u were never in Libya u stupid people

  2. mks989 on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    @joyo17 hahaha these RT trolls keep saying they hate al jazeera, but consistently watch it and comment on everything. such LOSERS haha! Go libya!

  3. nubira97 on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    @TheCelebrityOnline and fuck you too bitch,go fuck yourself in some other video,GO LIBYA WOW!

  4. mohamed2011Libyan on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Good luck to my free team :)

  5. polychronio on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Forza libya football!

  6. joyo17 on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Lol. RT trolls are here.

  7. SamiCanine on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    some how i think aljazeera posting such a video at such time for libya mean that they are trying relate to the south american football war…..

  8. TheCelebrityOnline on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Fuck Libya.

  9. kakashixsharingon on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    lol … pro-gaddafi loser dog comments at the bottom … when will u guys give up hes dead .. move on already..

  10. nietzscheprime on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Al Jazeera, your pathetic level of broadcasting misinformation that destroys lives has hit a new low – it’s a known fact Bani Walid is now under pro-Gaddafi loyalists and here you are acting as if nothing happened after basically being second in command with the invasion and plunder of Libya – people will remember this Al Jazeera and one day, just one day…

  11. UNIVERSITYHI on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Is this what the Libyan war was about: better World Cup coverage?

  12. AceHoale on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    LOL!
    Tis’ the News?
    Pathetic!
    Peas

  13. si8mon1 on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    Rt…

  14. mikhonda on January 27th, 2012 5:24 am

    RT is reporting civil war in libya…. Strike 3 al Jazeera….no longer are you objective.