2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Libya drag Super Eagles to another artificial pitch

After they were held to a scoreless draw on an artificial pitch in Kigali by Rwanda earlier this month, the Super Eagles will also have to play on a similar surface next month in Libya.

Both players and officials complained about the artificial turf in Rwanda.

Group D bottom team Libya have officially communicated to the NFF that the match against the Super Eagles will be at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium.

The facility is located in the city of Benina, some 19 kilometres outside the country’s second city, Benghazi.

Known previously as Hugo Chávez Stadium, the stadium is a 10,000-capacity facility with an artificial turf.

Both countries will do a Matchday 3 battle at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Friday, October 11, before the clash in the city at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, October 15.

The match in Uyo will kick off at 5pm, the battle in Benina will commence at 8pm Nigeria time.

Libya remain bottom of Group D after two rounds of matches, following a 1-1 at home to Rwanda (a game that was played at the Tripoli International Stadium) and a 2-1 loss to the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in Abidjan.

Nigeria top the standings with four points, after a 3-0 spanking of Benin Republic in Uyo on Matchday 1 and a scoreless draw with Rwanda’s Amavubi in Kigali on Matchday 2