Have You Heard? President Of Mauritania Ordered Cup Final To Go To Penalties In 63rd Minute As He Was Getting Bored

The president of Mauritania reportedly ordered the country’s cup final to go to a penalty shootout in the 63rd minute – because he was getting bored with the match. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who presides over Mauritania, north Africa, was present at the Super Cup match between FC Tevragh-Zeina and ACS Ksar, metro.co.uk reports.

But Gazzetta reports that Aziz wasn’t enjoying the fixture, and 63 minutes in, with the scores locked at 1-1, he ordered penalties to be taken. It’s claimed he was unhappy with the tempo of the match and didn’t want to risk the fixture going to extra-time and dragging on.

Tevragh-Zeina won the match on spot kicks, but Ksar fans were left fuming and since complained to the country’s FA – but they’re not having it.

However, Mauritanian FA issued a statement as follows; ‘We deny in the strongest terms that the president intervened. ‘The decision was made due to organisational issues in accordance with the presidents and the coaches of the two teams.’

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