The goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team, Yassine Bounou, was able to make history with his colleagues by reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time.
Bono saved two penalty kicks in the round of 16 match for the World Cup in Qatar, on Tuesday, after the original and extra time ended in a goalless draw.
Bono, who was born in 1991 in Canada to Abu Bin Maghribi, is currently playing with Seville on a contract that extends to 2025, and he had won the “Samora” award for best goalkeeper in La Liga last season.
Bono’s journey in the world of football began with the Wydad team, in 1999, and he participated in the CAF Champions League final in 2011, and began playing regularly with the team, and he played his first match with the Moroccan national team as a goalkeeper, in 2013 against Burkina Faso, to start his journey in goalkeeping. team in the coming years.
Later, the Wydad fans learned that the protector of the den had moved to Spain, joining the second team in Atletico Madrid, which plays in the third division of the Spanish League, and then moved to Zaragoza in the second division, where he showed himself in a distinguished way, before moving from him to Girona, who gave him the game. Primarily against Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and the world’s biggest stars.
Bono developed while he was in La Liga, but his career suffered a shock when Girona fell to the second division at the end of the 2018/2019 season, which resulted in another transfer the following summer after relegation, and he joined Seville, where he spent the season sitting on the bench, but he reaped the fruits of his patience when Sevilla’s starting goalkeeper Tomas Vaclic was injured late in the season.
Bono took advantage of his opportunity, and his distinguished level played a major role in Seville winning the European League title. Bono became Sevilla’s main goalkeeper, and one of the most prominent goalkeepers in Europe, and became the first Arab goalkeeper to win the prestigious Zamora Award, at the end of the 2021/22 season.
FIFA had praised the goalkeeper by preparing a short video about his football career, in the “Inspirational Stories” category.
With the historic Morocco match approaching.. “FIFA” praises the “inspirational” story of the Lions goalkeeper
FIFA re-published the story of Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, via Twitter, ahead of the national team’s match with Spain, on Tuesday.
Bono was chosen in the main squad for the Moroccan national team in the World Cup in Qatar, where he was able to keep his net clean in the Croatia match, and proved that it is difficult to penetrate his net.
He was in the starting line-up for the match against Belgium (2-0). He went through the warm-up period and stood with his colleagues during the playing of the national anthem, but he felt dizzy after that, so the coach decided not to risk his participation, and to push the Saudi goalkeeper Munir Al-Qajwi Al-Muhammadi in his place.
Yassine Bono returned to guard the den of the Atlas Lions in the Canada match, which ended with Morocco’s victory 2-1, so that Morocco won the top of its group, and the match against Spain.
Although he was not able to keep a clean sheet upon his return, he came away with victory and faced only one shot in the match, to face a much greater challenge in the Spain match and to be able to keep a clean sheet throughout the match, as well as save two penalty shootouts.
For the second time in history… How did Moroccan Bono thwart the Spanish “thousand kicks” plan?
The match between Morocco and Spain in the round of 16 of the Qatar World Cup, on Tuesday, witnessed an incident that is repeated only for the second time in the history of the World Cup, and its hero was Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.
