Why did Yassine Bounou miss the Belgium match despite being present at the time of the national anthem?

Moments before the start of the team’s confrontation against Belgium, in the second round of the group stage of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the coaching staff of the Moroccan national team, led by Walid Regragui, decided to exclude goalkeeper Yassine Bounou from forming the match.

The exclusion of Bono raised many questions, in light of his presence in the formation while chanting the Moroccan national anthem, then the fans were surprised by Mounir Al-Mohammadi guarding the den of the Atlas Lions in the match.

What is the reason for replacing Yassine Bono before the meeting between Belgium and Morocco?

Goal learned from a media official affiliated with FIFA that the 31-year-old felt a muscle strain during the warm-up, and tried to fight himself and play the match, but in the last moments, he felt a great disturbance at the site of the injury, so the coaching staff preferred to exclude him.

When will Bono return to Morocco’s goalkeeper? Will he miss the rest of the World Cup matches?

Despite Bono’s absence from participating in the Belgium match, it seems that the injury he suffers from is not serious.

According to the statements of the Moroccan doctor, Hafti Abdel Razzak, the Seville goalkeeper is able to return to Canada in the last round of the group stage.

It is noteworthy that Morocco had tied in its first match in the World Cup, against Croatia, negatively without goals.

The Lions occupy third place in the Group C standings table with one point, equal to Croatia, while Belgium tops the standings with three points, and Canada finally comes without any points.

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