Yassine Bounou sets a new stunning record – 3 clean sheets

Moroccan giant goalkeeper Yassine Bono became the first African goalkeeper to keep three clean sheets at the same FIFA World Cup finals. He kept the gate intact in matches against Croatia, Spain, and Portugal. He kept the gate intact in matches against Croatia, Spain, and Portugal. The Atlas Lions reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with a resounding 1-0 victory over Portugal on Saturday.

Yassine Bounou also known as Bono, is a Canadian-born Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Sevilla, made a record in the opening match against Croatia (0-0), the 16-round final against Spain (0-0 winning 3-0 on penalties) when he tackled two penalty kicks. In the quarter-finals against Portugal with a clean sheet (1-0). The best goalkeeper in the Spanish League last season did not feature in the 2-0 victory over Belgium in the second match of the group stage, after he was in the starting line-up and went through the warm-up and stood with his colleagues during the playing of the national anthem, but he felt dizzy. Morocco’s Coach Walid Regragui decided not to risk his participation, as pushed the Saudi Al-Wuhda goalkeeper Munir Al-Qajwi Al-Muhammadi into his place.

Canada's final match in the group stage ended with the victory of the "Atlas Lions" 2-1 when Bono returned to the goalkeeper, noting that the goal came by mistake from Nayef Akrad, and it was the only goal that has entered Morocco's net so far in Qatar in five matches.

Against their Portugal match, Bono pushed a powerful one-handed shot by Joao Felix into a corner (82), then blocked Cristiano Ronaldo's powerful shot from 18 meters (90 +1), denying the Selecao the equalizer to secure the historic move to the next stage of Morocco.


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