Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Duel Newcastle United vs Everton in the Premier League it was stopped briefly in the 20th minute to provide time to break the fast for several players.
Everton’s star trio: Idrissa Gueye, Omadou Onana and Abdoulaye Doucoure immediately came to the sidelines to break their fast.
The three players continued to fast during Ramadan, enduring hunger and thirst from early morning until late afternoon, even though they were competing in the Premier League.
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The break in the Newcastle vs Everton match is not the first time this has happened this year. The Aston Villa vs Wolverhampton Wanderers match was also paused to give Moussa Diaby and Rayan Ait-Nouri time to break their fast.
Providing breaks to break the fast has been a topic of discussion since last season. The team and match officials will communicate before the match to discuss whether to allocate some time off to break the fast. If all parties agree, there will be a break to give players the opportunity to break their fast.
The incident of breaking the fast during the match attracted the attention of the public, one of which was journalist Leon Mann and his daughter who also witnessed the incident.
Through Leonn Man’s social media X, he wrote that he had witnessed the incident with his daughter. His daughter was also impressed while making the Premier League proud.
“Watching Muslim players break their fast during Newcastle VS Everton with my daughters. They were amazed [dengan jeda pertandingan tersebut],” wrote Leon Mann.
“My eldest son [berkomentar] : this is very good, make the Premier League big because of it! [Liga Premier] have raised them well,” He added.
Netizens responded to Leon Man’s writing by praising the club and the Premier League for accepting and complying with religious practices by providing compensation for Muslim players to break their fast.
The match took place on Wednesday (3/4) at St. James Park in Week 31 of the Premier League ended with a 1-1 draw. This result pushed Newcastle to 8th on the standings, while Everton was 16th on the standings.
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