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How Did 3 Muslim Players Break Fast in UEFA Final


Sun 02 Jun 2019 | 01:50 PM
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Before Saturday's UEFA Champions League Final, 3 Muslim players insisted on fasting in the final that pitted Liverpool against Tottenham. Spanish Newspaper "AS", revealed that Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Moussa Sissoko played the match while fasting.

In the 41st minute of the first half, Salah went to drink a bottle of water after being told that  Iftar-the time to break fast- was ready . After that, Salah gave his opponent Moussa Sissoko, a Tottenham player a bottle to break his fast, shortly Sadio Mane drank his own bottle.

The match ended in favour of Liverpool 2-0, with Salah scoring a goal in the second minute of the game from a penalty, before substitute Divoc Origi added the second goal minutes before the end of the match.

The Egyptian international entered history, having scored the second fastest goal in the history of the final of the Champions League, after a minute and 48 seconds.