Therefore when the Lebanese football team turned up at the King Fahd Stadium to play a world cup qualifier,tensions were raised when the Syrian national anthem by mistake.
Fans were left shocked and Lebanese players were visibly angry when the Syrian national anthem began blaring from the stadium’s speakers, the Arriyadiyah sports daily reported yesterday. Officials quickly realized their mistake, and eventually played the correct national anthem. However, the error, which was committed by the organizing officials of the tournament, prompted the President of the Saudi Football Federation, Prince Sultan ibn Fahd, to order an official investigation into the incident.
For the record Lebanon lost 2-1
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