Ref Victor Gomes shares that moment with Mo Salah at Afcon final
“All I can say is that on Sunday, I chose to manage a top-class player in a way I thought would be deemed appropriately responsible. And I think football was the ultimate winner of the day,” Gomes told the media during an event to welcome him and assistant referee Zakhele Siwela at Safa House on Thursday.
“Thanks to Safa for giving me the opportunity to represent our country. I represented my country, my family, my local football association, our continent and football in general. He added: “Cameroon was also special because it was the first time CAF played 52 matches with the VAR [video assistant referee], something that had never happened in Africa. So there was a lot of history [made]. It was South Africa all the way – from the [CAF] president [Patrice Motsepe] to the lady [Nomcebo Zikode of the Jerusalema song] who sang in the final [during the closing ceremony].”He specifically lauded Gomes for putting Salah in his place.
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