See What Egyptian Goalkeeper Gabaski Did That Got The World Talking (See This)

Mohamed Qotb Abou Gabal Ali, also known as Gabaski, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Egyptian Premier League club Zamalek and the Egypt national team.
Gabaski was included in the Egypt squad for AFCON 2021 (held in 2022). He was brought on as a substitute in Egypt’s round of 16 Clash with Ivory Coast.

He saved Eric Bailly’s penalty, helping Egypt advance. In the quarterfinal against Morocco, Gabaski started the match before being substituted in extra time due to injury. He returned to the starting line-up in the semi-final against hosts Cameroon. After the match ended in a 0-0 draw after extra-time, Abou Gabal saved 2 penalties, helping Egypt reach the final.

Gabaski also saved Sadio Mané’s penalty and produced a number of impressive saves to keep the game at 0-0 after the end of extra-time. He went on to save another penalty in the subsequent shootout, from Bouna Sarr, but his teammates Mohamed Abdelmonem and Mohanad Lasheen miss their spot-kicks as Egypt lost 4-2.

Nevertheless, he was elected as Man of the Match.

Now see what he did that got the whole world talking.

After the match between Egypt and Senegal, the Egyptian goalkeeper Gabaski forgot his water bottle on the field.

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.

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.

QUESTIONS:

Can this be cheating of the highest order and a punishable offence?

Could this be the reason why Egypt was taking very knockout game to Penalties because they knew Gabaski had his water bottle to save them?

Let’s hear from you guys.