Yassine Bounou, goalkeeper Morocco’s secret star of the World Cup in Qatar. – Sports
The Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, known as Bono, is almost invincible. A bit of feeling, a bit of luck, that’s how he explains his performance. His coach sees things differently.
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Every football World Cup has its surprising heroic stories. In 1990 in Italy it was the 38-year-old Cameroonian Roger Milla who danced at the Makossa corner flag. 2002 in Japan and South Korea the South Korean Ahn Jung-hwan, who was dismissed during the tournament by his club president at AC Perugia because he shot Italy out of the tournament with a golden goal in the round of 16. 2010 in South Africa, also a long time ago: That’s when the world got to know a certain Thomas Müller. A few months earlier he was from Diego Maradona, then Argentina coach, was mistaken for a ball boy during a test match. At the World Cup, Müller scored his first five international goals and became top scorer.