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    September 03, 2011

Libyans Celebrate First Football Victory Under New Flag

   VOA News
   Libyans watch their national football team compete under the country's
   new flag
   Photo: AP/APTN
   Libyans in Martyr's Square in Tripoli watch their national football
   team compete under the country's new flag, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011.

   Hundreds of joyful Libyans gathered in the capital, Tripoli, late
   Saturday to celebrate the national football team's first victory since
   anti-Gadhafi forces toppled the long-time Libyan leader and forced him
   into hiding.
   People cheered and fired off celebratory gunshots in Tripoli's central
   Martyrs Square which, until recently, the Libyan government had used
   for mass demonstrations in support of the former leader, Moammar
   Gadhafi.
   The Libyan team, playing under a new flag and singing a new national
   anthem, won its 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying match in Cairo
   against Mozambique 1-0, taking Libya to the top of Group C. Rabi
   al-Lafi scored the only goal of the match.

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