We play the 34th minute of this match of the 33rd day of the English championship.
The TV cameras linger on Vicente Guaita, the guardian of Crystal Palace.
Ball in hand, the Spaniard waits a few moments before placing it on his six-meter line and taking the throw-in. Another shot shows Wesley Fofana drinking at the edge of the pitch.
A historical fact in the Premier League.
With the agreement of referee Graham Scott and his opponents of the day, the French defender was able to rehydrate in the middle of the game when the sun had just set.
The scene only lasts a few seconds.
Thumbs up in the direction of the referee to thank him, Wesley Fofana then takes his place.
"That's what makes football wonderful," says Wesley Fofana
An interlude that could have almost gone unnoticed by the general public if the 20-year-old Frenchman had not then wanted to thank those who had allowed him to break the fast of Ramadan.
On Instagram, he wrote these few lines: “I wanted to thank the Premier League, as well as Crystal Palace, Vicente Guaita and all the Foxes players for allowing us to break the fast this evening in the middle of the match.
This is what makes football wonderful.
"
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Led by a goal from Zaha, the Foxes then turned things around in the second half thanks to Castagne and Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho (2-1). The Frenchman, who started for the 22nd time this season since his arrival last October from Saint-Etienne, played the entire meeting. With this victory, the 19th since the start of the season, he and his teammates remain on the podium behind the two Manchesters. For Fofana, he will normally have three games to play before the end of Ramadan on May 13.