Wallah, there is a fault": the viral response of the Swedish referee during the Morocco-Jordan final

This is the unusual image that has been circulating on social media since Thursday evening. While the Atlas Lions and the Nashama were engaged in an epic duel (Morocco’s final victory 3-2), a surreal scene unfolded in the 56th minute. After a foul by Jordanian defender Saed Al-Rosan on Walid Azaro, the protest escalated. The player, joined by his teammate Odeh Al-Fakhouri, protested vehemently, index fingers raised to the sky, swearing: "Wallah" (I swear by God), to proclaim his innocence.

Faced with this insistence, the Swedish international referee decided to break the language barrier with a disconcerting retort. Losing patience, Glenn Nyberg retorted on the spot: "Wallah, there is a fault, wallah, wallah!"

This unexpected outburst, captured by the ambient microphones, immediately caused hilarity among the commentators of the Abu Dhabi Sports TV channel, unable to contain their laughter in the face of this unlikely exchange. While the free kick came to nothing, the sequence itself hit the mark: posted by the broadcaster, the video has already accumulated more than a million views on X, proving that the language of football is indeed universal.

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