"I wanted to thank the Premier League as well as CPFC (Crystal Palace ed), Vicente Guaita (opposing goalkeeper ed), and all the Foxes for allowing me to take this break in the middle of the game. These things are what makes football wonderful. ".
This tweet, also containing the emoticon of two hands joined, is the way in which Wesley Fofana, a Muslim footballer from Leicester, wanted to thank for what happened yesterday during the Premier 'Monday Night' between his team and Crystal Palace. For the first time in the history of the English league, a match was interrupted to allow the Muslim footballers on the field (and therefore also Cheikhou Kouyate, Senegalese defender of the Palace), who in this period are observing Ramadan, to eat something at the end of the Sun. Which, taking advantage of the break at 30 'pt when Guaita of Crystal Palace stopped avoiding kicking for the postponement, Fofana and Kouyate did by taking energy gels on the sidelines. It had never happened before,and it was the result of an agreement between the two clubs and referee Graham Scott before the game began.
In the Leicester match on 22 April against West Bromwich, Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers had replaced Fofana after an hour of play, explaining that he wanted to "protect" his player who went out on a fast. "I have worked with many young people of different faiths - Rodgers said - and to whom they are deeply devoted, and I try to protect them and give them strength".
