Libyans celebrate Egypt's victory over their country for strange reasons

Libyans expressed on social media their happiness that their country was able to host their national team's match against Egypt, but other Libyans celebrated the Egyptian team's victory over their team by three in the African qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar.

Why?

Before the match between Libya and Egypt in the fourth round of Group F in the African qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, Libyans published pictures of Liverpool star and Egypt's Mohamed Salah in Benghazi, which hosted the match on Monday (October 11).

Pictures of Mohamed Salah and his companions in the Egyptian national team took a great deal of interest from social media pioneers in Libya, as many were keen not only to publish pictures, but to document them in places, until it came to publishing video clips related to the procedures for securing the Pharaohs.

This concern is due to the fact that the city of Benghazi, and specifically the Benina International Stadium, hosted this decisive confrontation between the Knights of the Mediterranean and the Pharaohs team, which many saw as a positive indication of the ability of Libya, which has been mired in political and security crises since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi a decade ago, to host sporting events.

For example, some considered that the Libyan national team lost the match, but Libya won by "organizing a match on its soil in safety and security."

The spontaneity of some in considering Libya won despite its actual loss is due to what the country has been suffering from for years;

Libya remains locked in chaos, violence and conflicts between rival powers since the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011.

Despite the cessation of fighting in 2020 and the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement between the two parties to the conflict in October of the same year, which led to a relative improvement in the situation, political conflicts between the competing forces in the east and west of the country are still continuing.

With the start of the match whistle, many social media pioneers in Libya and Libyan media published pictures and video clips showing Libyans in the squares watching the match.

A number of social media users in Libya also published clips of the Benina International Stadium, which hosted the match, while many sought to strengthen the Libyan team.

It is worth noting that Libya over the past years has not organized any international or African matches due to the unstable security situation, but the Confederation of African Football (CAF) recently decided to lift the ban and allow Libya to host international and African matches.

Before the match, the Libyan authorities decided to tighten security measures to secure the Egyptian team with a full security squad throughout its presence on Libyan soil, while reports stated that a special guard had been provided to Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star and the captain of the Pharaohs team.

However, it is remarkable to monitor the reaction of the Libyans on social networking sites about their country's match against the Egyptian team, some of them celebrating the victory of the Egyptian team.

Some have published video clips that were said to show Libyans in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte celebrating Ramadan Sobhi scoring the third goal for the Egyptian team, while some claimed that they were Gaddafi supporters.

Some Libyans tweeted that there were celebrations in Cyrenaica, rejoicing at the victory of the Egyptian team, and some even published video clips that they said was a festive atmosphere for the victory.

This provoked an angry reaction to showing the joy of the victory of a team that was playing against the Libyan national team, a victory that may make it difficult for Libya to reach the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

Although the reason for celebrating the victory of the Egyptian national team in Cyrenaica is not completely confirmed, it can be linked to the political conflict in Libya, especially in the Cyrenaica region, as representatives of the region in the unity government headed by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba recently threatened to resign because they accused him of failing and violating the terms of the political agreement, especially The fair distribution of wealth among the regions, they said.

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