Egypt Goalkeeper Abou-Gabal Breaks Silence After CAF Awarded Mendy AFCON’s Best Goalkeeper Award

• Mohamed Abou-Gabal believes he had a better outing at the just concluded AFCON tournament in Cameroon ahead of Edouard Mendy
• The Egyptian goalkeeper was ignored by CAF as the continental body handed his Senegalese counterpart the best goalkeeper of the tournament award
• Gabaski has now disclosed that Mendy also admitted his superior performance, but they meet again in March during the World Cup playoffs

The goalkeeper of the Egyptian national football team Mohamed Abou-Gabal, famously known as ‘Gabaski’, has questioned CAF for awarding Senegal’s Edouard Mendy the best goalkeeper award at the just concluded AFCON tournament in Cameroon.

Gabaski believes he had a superior performance at the continental showpiece ahead of Mendy who won the competition with the Teranga Lions.

The Pharaohs of Egypt narrowly missed out on the coveted title losing to Senegal via penalty shootout, but many of their stars shone at the competition.

Gabaski the penalty-saving specialist

What did Gabaski say?

Zamalek goalkeeper addressed the situation, claiming that Mendy himself told him that he played better. Gabaski told MBC Masr as per Complete Sports:

“Even if I won the individual award, it won’t make any difference because we lost the Africa Cup of Nations title.

“I think my numbers are slightly better than Mendy’s, but CAF choices are often odd.

“Mendy himself said that I played better, he told me to keep going as we’ll meet again in the World Cup qualifiers next March.”