The selections of Qatar y Jordan they compete in the final of the Asia Cup at the Lusail stadium, the same one that hosted the grand final of the 2022 World Cup between Argentina and France. The host and defender of the continental title beats the Jordanian team 2-0, the great revelation of the tournament, with two penalty goals from its scorer Akram Afifwhich surprised with an incredible celebration.
At 21 minutes into the match, the hairy number 11 footballer, one of the Cup’s scorers, took charge of a penalty and his right hand ended up in the net to the delirium of the local public, eager to lift a trophy that they had already appropriated. four years ago in Abu Dhabi.
But in addition to opening the scoring, Afif finished with a magical performance. The ex Villarrealtoday in the Al Sadd of his country, he put his hands towards one of his legs and pulled out from under his socks what seemed to be a figurine with his image.
Afif then kissed the ring finger of his left hand and that’s when the best part came: he approached the camera and with a conjurer’s movement He turned the figurine into a symbol similar to the letter S, without it being clear to whom it was dedicated.
The end of the story had television as its protagonist, which broke one of the codes of magic: repetition in slow motion revealed how the footballer managed to “transform” the cards, with his fingers.
A while later, good old Afif had to be taken off on a stretcher in what appeared to be a serious injury, but he ended up recovering on the side of the field and re-entered the field of play, in his second “trick” of the night in Middle East.
The game went to halftime with Qatar’s partial victory, and in the second moment more goals came, and another intervention from the magician Afif.
The Jordanians had reached the tie in the 67th minute through Yazan Al-Namat and a while later the VAR appeared to warn the referee of a penalty in favor of the locals.
Afif kicked again and did not miss: this time, his trick came out less neat than the first time and it was not necessary to see the replay to understand how he managed to make the magic pass. Double from the illusionist, who is preparing to lift the Cup.