Layla Ibrahim Issa Jumul was 23 years old and the mother of a six-month-old infant when she was sentenced to death by stoning on counts of adultery by a Sudanese judge last July.
The Lions of Teranga led 1-0 at half-time, whereupon dissatisfied supporters of the Lone Star vented their frustration by stoning the police, a sign of things to come.
Even the youngest Kenyans are affected: people in Nairobi were stunned in June when primary-school pupils went on a rampage for several hours, stoning cars and blocking roads.
The appalled reaction to the case of Sakineh Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has stoked a global campaign for her acquittal.