• Europa League.The Sevilla come back to Manchester United and get into their sixth final

For goalkeepers and bassists, the less you notice, the better. If they shine, the band is being a disaster. Yassine Bounou "Bono" (Montreal, Canada, 1991) was the star in the deluge. The Manchester United cornered the Sevilla FC . in the semifinal of the Europa League : direct winners, the rival against the ropes, and Bono avoiding the count, the touch of the canvas, the elimination. The Moroccan goalkeeper , Vaclik's usual substitute , with few minutes this season, carrying doubts about his suitability for the position and responsibility from the beginning of the season, was the best player of the elimination match.

Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood fired stubbornly, but the lock wouldn't budge. Very determined in the bailouts, daring when it came to covering the goal, quick to respond, with command and orthodoxy, the goalkeeper revalued his gloves. After the crash, after seeing him shine, after beating his well-deserved applause, many fans could not avoid the fresh memory of that February night at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán , in which a failure of his almost cost elimination in the Europa League. This final would have been a chimera.

Round of sixteenths. The Cluj needed just one goal to eliminate Sevilla, carrying a handful of minutes speculating with the 1-1 from the first leg in Romania. Lacina Traoré took the ball in midfield, gave to Paun and Paun , with a powerful long shot, scored for his team. The ball, strong, low and centered, slipped under Bono's torso. A cante. Fortunately, the drama was short-lived. Although the referee gave the goal, the VAR noticed a previous hand of the Ivorian striker to control the ball. "The play is long, I see the opponent's hand and I kind of disconnect from the action," he later excused himself in the mixed zone. "Now to learn from those mistakes and to continue fighting with everything," he concluded.

Bono was trained at the Wydad Casablanca . At the age of 21, he arrived in Spain at the hands of Atlético de Madrid , but he never had options in the first team. From the rojiblanco subsidiary he jumped to Second, on loan to Zaragoza . From there, he was transferred to Girona , with whom he achieved the promotion already established in the ownership. He stood out in the First Division and, when the Catalan team descended, the door of Sevilla was opened , which was looking for an emergency replacement for a Sergio Rico who was packing his bags for Paris. At 29 years old , the Moroccan goalkeeper, used to the silver of our football, is experiencing his most important season as a professional.

Monchi was a goalkeeper. Lopetegui was a goalkeeper. Bono is now the undisputed holder of a Sevilla seeking its sixth European title. "When you see that your colleagues break their souls, you cannot not be present," he said after his recital. It will be a Friday of miracles or boredom. You never know where the final match will go. But the goal will be his home and the illusion of Sevilla will rest in his hands.

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