President of Mauritania halts boring cup final after 63 minutes, orders penalty shoot-out

Manchester United fans, take note.

We have all endured a dreadful game of football or two in our time. During Italia '90, I sat through 129 awful minutes of England versus Belgium in the hopes of being rewarded with a penalty shoot-out. No such luck as David Platt grabbed a late, late winner. Selfish git. No such problems for the President of Mauritania. Last weekend, President of the Republic, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, attended the Super Cup final between FC Tevragh-Zeina and ACS Ksar. Just after the hour mark, with the game tied at 1-1, and Abdel Aziz had seen enough. According to Gazetta World, the president ordered the game to be stopped and for the contest to be decided through a penalty shoot-out. Tevargh-Zeina won that. Tales of the president's impatience have spread quickly and forced a response from the Mauritanian FA. FA chief Ahmed Ould Abderrahmane declared:

"I deny in the strongest terms the intervention of the President of the Republic. The decision was made due ​​to organisational issues in accordance with the presidents and the coaches of the two teams."