The penalty was struck hard enough to the goalkeeper's right for Saudi Arabia's Fahad Al Muwallad to expect to see the net rippling a fraction of a second later.
But then an arm stretched out to produce an incredible save, pushing the ball on to the underside of the crossbar and out to safety. Players poured in to congratulate the goalkeeper while jubilant fans jumped up and down behind the goal.
Watching from a distance you might think it was David de Gea or Manuel Neuer producing such a moment of flexibility and quick reactions. It was actually a 45-year-old making his World Cup debut.
Egyptian Essam El Hadary showed the agility of a man 20 years his junior as he marked an occasion, which would have been memorable enough even if he had not saved a penalty.
He became the World Cup's oldest player at 45 years and 161 days, eclipsing the previous record held by Colombia keeper Faryd Mondragon, who was 43 years and three days when he played at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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"What I accomplished in this tournament was the result of years of hard work, dedicated training and suffering that only a few know about," he told Fifa.com after his 159th appearance for his country.
Egypt manager Hector Cuper said after his side's 2-1 defeat, which means they go home without any points, that El Hadary was "the right person to play" because there "is not much between our three goalkeepers".
For obvious physical reasons, the oldest players in World Cup history have predominantly been goalkeepers, although Cameroon strikers Roger Milla was an exception.
He played at the World Cup in 1994 and scored Cameroon's consolation goal in a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Russia in a group match to become the oldest scorer at a World Cup, at the age of 42 years, 1 month and 8 days.
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It's up to you to go green
Nils El Accad, chief executive and owner of Organic Foods and Café, says going green is about “lifestyle and attitude” rather than a “money change”; people need to plan ahead to fill water bottles in advance and take their own bags to the supermarket, he says.
“People always want someone else to do the work; it doesn’t work like that,” he adds. “The first step: you have to consciously make that decision and change.”
When he gets a takeaway, says Mr El Accad, he takes his own glass jars instead of accepting disposable aluminium containers, paper napkins and plastic tubs, cutlery and bags from restaurants.
He also plants his own crops and herbs at home and at the Sheikh Zayed store, from basil and rosemary to beans, squashes and papayas. “If you’re going to water anything, better it be tomatoes and cucumbers, something edible, than grass,” he says.
“All this throwaway plastic - cups, bottles, forks - has to go first,” says Mr El Accad, who has banned all disposable straws, whether plastic or even paper, from the café chain.
One of the latest changes he has implemented at his stores is to offer refills of liquid laundry detergent, to save plastic. The two brands Organic Foods stocks, Organic Larder and Sonnett, are both “triple-certified - you could eat the product”.
The Organic Larder detergent will soon be delivered in 200-litre metal oil drums before being decanted into 20-litre containers in-store.
Customers can refill their bottles at least 30 times before they start to degrade, he says. Organic Larder costs Dh35.75 for one litre and Dh62 for 2.75 litres and refills will cost 15 to 20 per cent less, Mr El Accad says.
But while there are savings to be had, going green tends to come with upfront costs and extra work and planning. Are we ready to refill bottles rather than throw them away? “You have to change,” says Mr El Accad. “I can only make it available.”
