ISTANBUL: The clip of Turkish footballers breaking fast during the ongoing match has taken the internet by storm.
In the recent viral clip, group members of team Ankara can be seen kneeling on football ground while breaking their fast with water and some dates.
The rare situation occured amid the Turkish League in which a player got injured and later the time coincided with the Maghrib prayer therefore football players took the opportunity for a short split and break their fasts.
Players from Turkish football team Ankara opening their fast midway through their match 😍 mashaAllah pic.twitter.com/zoafQYvCv9
— Hussain Anwar (@HussainAnwarr) April 13, 2021
The clip garnered immense attention from netizens across the world as with the sighting of the new moon, Muslims around the globe began the celebration of Ramadan, the most sacred month of the Islamic year.
This is not the first time for such incidents as footballers in the past found creative ways to be able to break their fast during ongoing matches.
Earlier in 2018, Tunisia’s goalkeeper twice went down with an apparent injury at the time when Iftar began, allowing his teammates to break fast.
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