He said he is among the 5 best goalkeepers in the world right now

Zaid Shaker: Bono's skills disrupted Spain's attack...and his self-confidence increases the strength of the "Atlas Lions"

  • Zaid Shaker: “Bono got a rating of 9.5 out of 10 in the Spain match, which is the highest rating in the World Cup.”

  • Yassine Bounou saved decisive penalties and led Morocco to qualify for the quarter-finals of the World Cup at the expense of Spain.

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The goalkeeper coach at Khorfakkan Club currently, and the former Jordanian Al-Faisaly, Iraqi Zaid Samir Shaker, said that the role played by the Moroccan goalkeeper in qualifying the Atlas Lions for the quarter-finals in the Qatar World Cup 2022 was expected due to his technical capabilities and high skills. He showed it by brilliantly saving two penalties after Morocco and Spain went to the decisive penalty shootout, after the end of the original and extra time with a goalless draw, so that Morocco won the penalty shootout 3-0.

Bono was also decisive, making two crucial saves for Spain in the second half and protecting his goal for 120 minutes.

Zaid Shaker told Emirates Today: "Bono got a rating of 9.5 out of 10 in the Spain match, which is the highest rating in the World Cup, and perhaps in more than one previous World Cup another goalkeeper was unable to do so," noting that "Bono is a goalkeeper who enjoys With great self-confidence that increases the strength of the Moroccan national team, and he succeeded in reflecting this confidence that he enjoyed between the three sticks, as he conveyed it to his colleagues, as there was no problem between him and the defense line in terms of the absence of any gap, and the same thing when he gave confidence to the other players to launch The attacks are on the goal of the Spanish national team, and it is important to note that Bono's skills hindered the abilities of the Spain strikers and coach to reach his net and score goals or find alternatives to make the difference.

body language

He continued, "All the (Atlas Lions) players were distinguished, except that goalkeeper Bono was the hero of the match in many aspects, including during the penalty shootout."

He explained, “The goalkeeper Bono mastered the body language in the match with Spain, so we found him heading towards the Spaniards’ shots with great confidence and blocking them.

It is enough that throughout the current World Cup, he did not concede only one goal, and with friendly fire, against Canada in the group stage.

He added: «During the match, he saved his team from two goals achieved against Spain in the original time, which were enough to decide the result for (the matador), before resorting to penalty kicks, and by 100% between the woods, and many other balls, especially during corner kicks, and all of them went to safety. Taking advantage of his 1.95-meter tall, which led him to achieve the best communication with his colleagues, especially when dealing with cross balls.

He concluded that the technical performance of goalkeeper Bono made him join the list of the five best distinguished goalkeepers in the world, and among the three best goalkeepers in dealing with penalty kicks, indicating that this is not the first time, but he has previously excelled at the level of penalty kicks with his club Seville in the Spanish League. And during his team’s participation in the Champions League and European League, specifically in the Austrian match against Salzburg, when he saved two penalties in an important match in 2020.

Bono skills

1 The coach gave Regragui high confidence in finding offensive plans during the matches without focusing on the defensive bloc, thanks to his ability to tackle the most difficult attacks.

2 Bono was distinguished by the skill of communicating between him and the defensive line, so no defensive lapse was committed.

3 Bono's experience playing in La Liga and his good knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the Spaniards' attack contributed to him keeping a clean sheet.

4 His ability to save penalties can be described as very special due to his skill in reading the thoughts of the opposite player correctly. 

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