Enyimba
International Football club had their first feel of the turf of the
Olympic Stadium in Sousse, venue of their Wednesday’s CAF Champions
League second round, second leg tie against Etoile du Sahel, but the
team arrived at the stadium at 7:00pm to a tense and particularly
hostile atmosphere,
A number
of home fans lined the route into the pitch, hurling insults at the
players and officials in French, Arabic and English. When the players
started warming up, a dozen fans invaded the pitch in an attempt to
disrupt the training and the filming of events before they were escorted
off the pitch by the police.
Not done, rocks were hurled at the
players during their warm up with Enyimba players fleeing for safety.
Calm was later restored when more security men arrived and some of the
erring fans were escorted from the stadium.
“It’s because they are running scared,” Enyimba chairman Felix Anyansi Agwu told Completesportsnigeria.com.
“They
are condemned to score four unreplied goals in order to qualify. The
fear of impending failure is making their fans act in such a manner. But
by the grace of God, we will be victorious in spite of their antics.”
By Babatunde Koiki In Sousse, Tunisia