Soccer governing body, FIFA, has fined both Nigeria and Senegal over events that took place during the World Cup qualifying play-offs that took place in the month of March, 2022.
While Nigeria was slammed with a fine and ban for fans invasion of the MKO Stadium after the aggregate loss to Ghana, Senegal was fined $180,000 for “(failure to implement existing safety rules and failure to ensure that law and order are maintained in the stadium, invasion of the field of play, throwing of objects, lighting of fireworks, use of laser pointers and use of objects to transmit a message that is not appropriate for a sports events – offensive banner -). Details later.
