This is Africa, where superstition is key to understanding things rather than empirical knowledge.

Maybe today’s manifestation from Ghana’s AFCON match should convince you beyond reasonable doubt that maybe “African Magic” plays a pivotal role in AFCON too.

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Ghana’s goalkeeper Brimah Razak on a number of times has been spotted keeping a spider man dummy by his goal post and that was significant today.

Considering the crucial saves he made for a clean sheet, rumour has it that, credit should be giving to this saviour.

Ghana keeper protecting his net with the power of a Spidey action figure 🕷😂 #CAN2017 #GHAMLI pic.twitter.com/o1VZpbiOTl

— Karim Fathi (@Karim_Fathi) January 21, 2017

Brimah has spoken in the past about the action figure, saying it is one his son loves and which he keeps around for him.

Could any power actually be in that or we can take his explanation at face value?