Sevilla and Morocco goal keeper Yassine Bounou, made himself a hero with two saves in the penalty shoot outs that has eliminated Louis Enrique’s men out of the 2022 wold cup.
The match was goalless in the 90mins and went further to extra time but the two teams couldn’t be separated in the 30mins heading to penalty shoot outs.
Spain failed to convert any of their three penalties, Pablo Saabia hitting the right hand post, and Yassine saving carlos Soler and Sergio Bousquet penalties respectively.
Born and Raised in Madrid, Spain, Achraf Hakimi scored a brilliant Panenka penalty that has sent the Atlas Lions to the quarter finals for the very first time in the history of the world cup.
Moocco becomes just the fourth African nation in the world cup to reach the quarter finals, matching the achievements of Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010.
The atlas Lions’ only previous appearance in the round of 16 came in 1986, but have now extended their run in this world cup conceding only once against Canada and it was an own goal by Nayef Aguerd.