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What time’s kickoff? Four hour delay baffles Libya’s Al-Akhdar

What time’s kickoff? Four hour delay baffles Libya’s Al-Akhdar

LIBYAN club Al-Akhdar were baffled when they arrived at their Benghazi stadium for an African Confederations Cup clash with Marumo Gallants afternoon to find no referee, no officials and no opposition. The group match in the second-tier continental club competition had been postponed by the African Football Confederation (CAF) by four hours because the visitors had a problem with their flight up from South Africa. Unfortunately, according to Al-Akhdar assistant coach Ahmed Saleh, CAF forgot to inform the home team. "The match against Marumo was supposed to be at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) (but) the referees, officials, and the visiting…
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