Morocco goalkeeper Yassine "Bono" Bounou gave way to his replacement Munir on Sunday a few seconds before the start of the World Cup match against Belgium, won by the Atlas Lions (2-0), after suffered from "vertigo".
The anthems had already been played when Bono made the decision to quit.
“I couldn't see the match because I was hospitalized,” he told Moroccan public TV SNRT: “I had this injury during the match against Croatia (0-0 Wednesday), they (the coaching staff) did their best for me to play this match” against Belgium.
“He had the honesty to leave his place”
“I took medicine but before the start of the match, I felt dizzy.
And since we didn't want to have a change (during the game), we made the decision to take me out and let my friend (Munir) play the game, and thank God everything went well, "said he added.
At the microphone of BeIN sports, his coach Walid Regragui confirmed the incident: “He took a hit against Croatia, he was uncertain.
We tried until the last moment, but after the warm-up, just before the match, he didn't feel well and he had the honesty to leave his place (…) to Munir who had a great match today.
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Munir kept his cage clean, and the victory allows the Moroccans to score four points, and to glimpse qualification for the round of 16, which they will however have to confirm in their last group match against Canada in four days.
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