Funny AFCON commentary causes the announcer to go viral once more as Mohamed Barakat, who first gained notoriety following Everton’s loss to Fulham earlier this season, sings the World Cup classic “Waka Waka” during the shootout.
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After comically singing Shakira during South Africa’s Africa Cup of Nations victory over Cape Verde, a commentator went viral.
Dramatically winning 0-0 in regulation time and overcoming their opponents in a penalty shootout, South Africa advanced to the tournament’s semi-finals.
In the 120 minutes that were played, neither team was able to break the deadlock despite taking 41 shots in the hard-fought draw between the two evenly matched clubs.
In a series of poor-quality penalties, Ronwen Williams emerged as the shoot-out hero, save four Cape Verde spot kicks to help his team win 2-1 overall.
The final spot kick was won by Patrick Andrade, and Williams made his fourth save while appearing to take a little more pleasure in the action than other commentators.
Following his coverage of Cape Verde’s AFCON defeat by South Africa, commentator Mohamed Barakat amassed even more prominence.
On Saturday, Cape Verde’s opponents defeated them on penalties; Barakat’s analysis of the game is making the rounds on the internet.
As the final penalty was taken, the announcer performed a rendition of Shakira’s iconic World Cup song, “Waka Waka.”
When Mohamed Barakat, an Arabic pundit, seemed to sing a cover of Jax Jones’ “You Don’t Know Me” during Everton’s Carabao Cup shootout loss to Fulham earlier this season, the video went viral.
When Madou Onana missed his shot kick during the shoot-out, he sang his rendition of the hit song. Since then, he has been trying his vocal cords once more.
When Andrade advanced to take the game’s final kick, Barakat, a commentator for Asian station beIN Sports, burst into song.
He took the shot, desperate to score as Barakat sang, ‘It’s time for Africa,’ but Williams stopped the kick, giving South Africa the victory.
After the save, there were wild celebrations as the champions advanced to the tournament’s semi-finals for the first time since 2000.
In what is a wide-open competition with the final eight teams being completely different to those from the 2021 edition, South Africa remain underdogs and are fourth favourites from the four remaining teams in the competition.
The hosts, Ivory Coast, are still favored, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In exchange for their victory, South Africa will play the favorites in a semi-final match on Wednesday. Later in the day, Ivory Coast and DR Congo will square off.
There will be a final on Sunday, February 11.
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