Akram Afif, incredible goal and celebration with Qatar in the Asian Cup: he worked magic and the TV discovered it

Teams Qatar and Jordan will compete in the Asian Cup final at the Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 World Cup grand final between Argentina and France. The host and defender of the continental title beats Jordan 1-0, the great revelation of the tournament, with a goal from a penalty from his marker Akram Afifwho surprised with an incredible celebration.

In the 21st minute of the match, the hairy number 11, a great figure for Qatar, earned a penalty and his right-footed shot ended up in the net to the delirium of the local crowd, eager to lift a trophy they have already lifted four times. years ago in Abu Dhabi.

But as well as opening the scoring, Afif finished with a magical performance. The former Villarreal player, now at Al Sadd in his country, moved his hands towards his leg and pulled out from under his socks what appeared to be a statuette with the image of him.

Afif then kissed the ring finger of his left hand and there came the beauty: he approached the camera and with a magician’s movement transformed the figurine into a symbol similar to the letter S, without it being clear to whom it was dedicated.

The ending of the story has the television as its protagonist, which breaks one of the codes of magic: the slow motion repetition reveals how the footballer has “transformed” the cards, activating a sort of mechanism with a finger.

Some time later, good old Afif had to be carried off on a stretcher with what looked like a serious injury, but he eventually recovered on the sideline and returned to the pitch, on his second ‘trick’ of the night in the Middle East.

The match went into halftime with a partial victory for Qatar, who is close to becoming Asian champions again thanks to a great performance from their magician, Afif.