pSADIO MANE was absolutely baffled when he realised he was playing against his team-mate#8217;s identical twin./p
pThe former Liverpool and Bayern Munich forward, 31, now plies his trade with Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League./p
figure id=attachment_23664884 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 440pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/watch-sadio-manes-baffled-reaction-840276674.jpg?strip=allamp;w=430 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23664884 width=430 height=677 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditESPN/figcredit/figureSadio Mane had to do a double take after shaking hands with an opponent[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23664885 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 666pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/watch-sadio-manes-baffled-reaction-840276673.jpg?strip=allamp;w=656 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23664885 width=656 height=397 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditESPN/figcredit/figureAli Lajami, left, is the twin brother of Al-Fateh defender Qassem[/caption]
pHe now has a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/cristiano-ronaldo/Cristiano Ronaldo/a among his team-mates #8211; as well as Saudi Arabian defender Ali Lajami./p
pHowever, the Senegalese star seemed oblivious to the fact that Lajami has a twin brother./p
pAnd Qassem Lajami, 27, is a defender for Al-Fateh, the club his sibling Ali left to join Al-Nassr in 2020. /p
pSo when Ali missed Friday night#8217;s clash between the two sides, Mane was understandably rather confused when he shook hands before kick-off with his team-mate#8217;s lookalike./p
pA video from the pre-match ritual shows a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/sadio-mane/Mane/a working his way along the line of Al-Fateh players in their all-white kit./p
pAnd when he gets to Qassem, they shake hands and do a brief hug./p
pBut as they embrace, Mane hilariously suddenly leans back for a double take./p
pAnd then the ex-Anfield hero has to take another a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23395724/sadio-mane-jordan-henderson-saudi-arabia-wages-liverpool/bemused look back at his opponent/a as he walks on to greet the referees./p
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pFans saw the clip as it went viral online and found the whole incident totally brilliant./p
pOne said: #8220;That’s a classic.#8221;/p
pAnother wrote: #8220;Hold on wait a second.#8221;/p
pAnd a third added: #8220;Confused dot com.#8221;/p
pMane, though, put his confusion behind him to open the scoring./p
pCristiano Ronaldo struck twice before Mane headed in his second and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/23509439/al-nassr/Al-Nassr#8217;s/a fourth of the night./p
pThe No10 celebrated by a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23663838/cristiano-ronaldo-scores-hat-trick-sadio-mane-celebration/copying his new pal#8217;s famous Siu celebration/a./p
pBut it was Ronaldo who had the final say by tapping in to complete his hat-trick in the 96th minute to round off the 5-0 thumping win./p
