Bounou, 31, was born in Montreal before his parents moved to Morocco and he went on to be its national team goalkeeper
Abdelhamid Sabiri, Hakim Ziyech, and Achraf Hakimi scored for Morocco in the shootout, while Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and captain Sergio Busquets missed for Spain. Sarabia hit the goal post in the penalty shootout and on the last kick of the game in extra time.
Bounou grew up in Casablanca and played through its youth system before being signed by Atletico Madrid in Spain. He is currently playing with Sevilla in Spain and has made 48 appearances for his country since 2013. He was named player of the game for his heroics in the penalty shootout. Along with defeating Canada, Morocco also defeated Belgium earlier in the group stage. The celebrations for that victory at home were massive as they were for the win against Canada, which gave Morocco first place in Group F. They will play Portugal, who defeated Switzerland 6-1 later Tuesday evening.
In the shootout, Bounou was fortunate to see Sarabia’s shot hit the goal post on Spain’s first attempt. He then dove to his left to stop Soler and then to his right to deny Busquets. The three misses were enough for Morocco as Hakimi scored the decisive penalty with a “Panenka,” softly chipping the ball into the net while Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon dove to his left.
The talented forward was not pleased with being substituted after 65 minutes in a 2-1 loss to South Korea in the final group game, which did not mean anything to Portugal, having already qualified for the next round. “Have I already watched the footage? Yes. I didn’t like it, didn’t like it at all. From there, those are things you sort out internally,” Santos said on Monday. “It was sorted out this way, and now we think about the game tomorrow. Everyone is focused on the game.”
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