{"id":55851,"date":"2026-01-13T21:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/senegal-bring-back-the-man-who-haunted-egypt\/13\/01\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:47:59","slug":"senegal-bring-back-the-man-who-haunted-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/senegal-bring-back-the-man-who-haunted-egypt\/13\/01\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal bring back the man who haunted Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Supporter who distracted Salah in 2022 arrives in Morocco as \u201clucky charm\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Senegal bring back the man who haunted Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s national airline has confirmed the arrival in Morocco of the supporter who became famous for shining laser during previous clash with Egypt ahead of Wednesday\u2019s AFCON 2025 semi final in Tangier.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Air S\u00e9n\u00e9gal announced that the fan, widely identified as Mouhamed Saliou Ndiaye has reached Moroccan soil to back the Lions of Teranga in their showdown with Egypt at the Grand Stade de Tanger.<\/p>\n<p>The story first gained traction after the airline posted images on X asking followers to help locate the supporter and promising him all expenses paid trip to Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ndiaye became viral figure during the 2022 World Cup qualifier between Senegal &amp; Egypt when he was seen directing laser pointer toward Mohamed Salah during the penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cHe left unforgettable impression during our last meeting with Egypt\u201d Air S\u00e9n\u00e9gal wrote. \u201cSince then, an entire nation has been convinced: he is our lucky charm\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Within hours, the airline confirmed success, Ndiaye had been found and flown in to support Senegal in one of the tournament\u2019s biggest fixtures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/senegal-bring-back-man-haunted-011000491.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporter who distracted Salah in 2022 arrives in Morocco as &ldquo;lucky charm&rdquo; Senegal bring back the man who haunted Egypt Senegal&rsquo;s national<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/senegal-bring-back-the-man-who-haunted-egypt\/13\/01\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/foot_africa_articles_352\/3ba74e2c5eb0512f097326d1c66ad119","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}