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After the match against Senegal on Sunday, Egyptian goalkeeper Gabaski forgot his bottle on the field. Watch the video here. A Journalist took this bottle and discovered that it is not just a water bottle. Printed on the bottle is a list of all the Senegal players and the angle they have kicked their last 10 Penalties.
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The secret behind the Egyptian Goalkeeper Mohamed Qotb Abou Gabal Ali, also known as Gabaski romancing his water bottle last night has been revealed. This helped The Egyptian Goalkeeper to know where to dive and as such easily catch a penalty. He used this bottle against Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Senegal and caught numerous penalties in all these matches. Can this be cheating of the highest order? Could this be the reason why Egypt was taking the very knockout game to Penalties because they knew Gabaski had his water bottle to save them?
Although, it was discovered that the water bottle was more of a tactical device than for refreshments. Posted on the water bottle were names of 10 leading Senegalese players and likely angle to place their penalty kicks based on their records. It was evident that he got it right in most of the spot-kicks. He even dived correctly for the two kicks of Sadio Mane.
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Pundits should go and watch EURO 2020 which was hosted by England. Many keepers used this as one of their tactical approaches to a game against the opponent’s team. Even the English and Italian keepers used as one of their penalty shoot-outs. Because it’s new in AFCON games in Africa that’s why it become a football debate on social media. It’s one of the coach’s side talk to the keeper by writing on a sheet to inform the goalkeeper about the analysis of the opponent’s players.
From Opera News
