The story of Yassine Bounou, Morocco’s smiling World Cup hero

The Moroccan goalkeeper has been instrumental in his country’s run to the World Cup semifinals

The Moroccan national team is in the semifinals of the World Cup – a first for both African and Arab countries, Qazet.az reports.

Pundits have been unanimous in their analysis: The Atlas Lions have advanced this far because of their stellar defending. The football team has conceded just one goal in the tournament – an own goal against Canada.

A compact 4-1-4-1 defensive bloc has squeezed out any space that could be found between the lines in midfield and defence.

The only thing more frustrating for their opponents than their impermeable defending is glancing over at Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and realising that he is smiling through it all.