Spanish national team coach Luis Enrique revealed - yesterday, Monday - that he gave a "duty" to all of his players to pay a thousand penalty kicks, believing that it is "something that can be trained and can be managed", but Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bono starred - today, Tuesday - at the Education City Stadium and Al-Aqsa. The 2010 champions from the final price of the Qatar World Cup, by depriving them of scoring any one in their own goal, thus leading his country to the quarter-finals for the first time in its history.

With his Spanish experience, where he began his career since 2012 with Atletico Madrid until the present day, where he has been defending the den of Seville since 2019 after passing through Zaragoza and Girona as well. try it.

After he came on as a substitute, Pablo Sarabia was close to snatching qualification for Spain with a shot at the end of the second extra half, but he hit the right post of the Moroccan goalkeeper’s goal, then he was the first of the Spanish shooters in the penalty shootout, but luck stuck with him after his ball bounced off the left post this time.

After that, the nerves played their role and Bono - too - as he - who was born in Canadian Quebec - succeeded in blocking the second penalty kick carried out by Carlos Soler, then the third carried out by expert Sergio Busquets, so that the stands exploded with joy at the achievement of Morocco becoming the first Arab team to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. .

"a mixture of intuition"

Commenting on his feat, Bono said his brilliance in the penalty shootout was "a combination of ingenuity and luck, the most important thing is that we won. Hats off to the whole team, they did a great job. It's not easy to focus 120 minutes against a Spanish team that has possession of the ball."

He continued, "When I saw the players running, it was amazing. It's hard to comprehend these moments. You have to focus on yourself, and then go into the next match with that desire and joy that we see in the eyes of the players."

Bono deservedly been chosen as the best player in the match, and said, "Praise be to God, I thank the players who made tremendous efforts in a full interview, dealt with the match and played with our capabilities. We congratulate the Moroccan people."

And about his feeling during the penalty shoot-out, he said, "The feeling in the goal is indescribable, which is focus, praise be to God."

And the question that arises strongly, what happened to the duty that Enrique asked his players to each pay a thousand penalty kicks?

In his press conference on the eve of the confrontation with the "Atlas Lions", Enrique said, "A year ago, during one of the Spanish national team's camps, I told them (the players) that they must reach here (the World Cup in Qatar), and each of them executed a thousand penalty kicks."

"I imagine that they did what was required of them," he said, estimating that if they waited until they reached Qatar to practice penalty shootouts, the time would not be enough.

between practices and matches

But it seems that practicing penalty kicks in the training grounds is one thing, and executing them in front of a huge crowd of the opposing team's fans is something else, especially in the presence of the Moroccan fans who were present with their throats and all their feelings to support Walid Rekragui's men, so that the 2010 champions would be the second team in the history of the World Cup, He fails to translate any penalty kick after Switzerland in 2006 against Ukraine.

And Bono's brilliance is nothing new, as he was chosen last season as the best goalkeeper in the Spanish League, and won the "Samora" award after taking on a new dimension with Seville, after ten years of professionalism in the old continent.

He conceded 24 goals in 31 matches, including 13 clean sheets.

Bono outperformed the Belgian stars Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) and the Slovenian Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), who won eight of the last 9 Samora Awards: (five for the Slovenian, three for the Belgian), and became the second African goalkeeper to win the award, after Cameroonian Jacques Songo in the season. 1996-1997 with Deportivo La Coruña.

Bono will try to complete the achievement and lead his country;

To become the first African team to reach the semi-finals.