The referee managing the match between the Pharaohs and the Elephants issued a yellow card to Ivorian player Simon Delly, wearing number "14", in the 112th minute of the game. Many viewers assumed this was his second yellow card. However, referring back to the events of the match, according to statistics from the search engine "Google," the first yellow card for the Ivory Coast was given to defender Eric Bailly, wearing number "21", in the 9th minute.
On social media, several spectators of the match believed the referee overlooked issuing a red card to Ivorian player Simon Delly, despite him having received only one yellow card. Followers mixed up player Eric Bailly, number "21", with player Simon Delly "14" and thought he had received two yellow cards, prompting calls for a red card to be issued against him in the fourth half of the match.
The Egyptian national team managed to win against their Ivorian rival in a penalty shootout, in the context of the Round of 16 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021, setting up a fiery encounter with their competitor Morocco in the quarter-finals of the tournament.
