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Leicester and Crystal Palace agreed pre-game to PAUSE their match at sun-down in the first half to allow both Wesley Fofana and Cheikhou Kouyate to break their Ramadan fasts

Daily Mail | April 27, 2021

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Wesley Fofana thanked Crystal Palace's players after they agreed with Leicester to pause Monday's match in the 35th minute to allow a break in Ramadan fasts.

The month-long Islamic festival of Ramadan runs until May 12 in the UK this year, and sees Muslims fast during daylight hours.

Fofana has managed to continue playing during the fasting period and has maintained his high standards despite not taking in any food or drink during daylight hours.

Wesley Fofana was able to break his Ramadan fast during Monday night's game against Crystal Palace after both sides agreed to pause play in the 35th minute to mark sundown in Leicester
The Leicester defender was thankful to Palace's squad and his own team-mates for helping
The ability to replenish his energy saw Fofana able to complete the 90 minutes in a 2-1 victory

But he was left grateful when, with the score at 0-0, Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita delayed taking a goal-kick to allow Fofana to take on some fluids near the touchline.

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