In a statement, the FAF said that the Angolan delegation had to wait for more than three hours to leave the stadium, after the game of the fifth round of Group D of African qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
"After the problems we faced upon arrival in Benghazi, we had to wait more than three hours to leave the stadium, at the end of the match, for security reasons, causing a delay in boarding to Luanda, which only happened at three in the morning, arriving in the country's capital at eight," it said.
The incident occurred 48 hours after the national football team was held at the local airport for more than two hours, without any information, upon arrival in Libyan territory, before the game.
Despite the ups and downs, the Angolans left Libya with one point, the result of a one-goal draw, a result that keeps Angola, which has four draws and one win in the standings, in fourth place, with seven points.
On Tuesday, the team coached by Pedro Gonçalves will host the Cape Verdean team, leader of the group, with 10 points, after beating Mauritius at home, 1-0, with a goal by Yannick Semedo, who plays for Vizela.
The 54 African countries, according to the new regulations, were divided into nine groups of six teams and the winners of each group automatically qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
The four best second-placed teams will compete in a tournament that decides the team that will represent Africa in an intercontinental play-off, which could increase to 10 the number of African countries in the tournament to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
