Faced with Yassine Bounou and Walid Regragui at a press conference, a Moroccan journalist completely let go.
What a sensation ! For the first time in its history, Morocco qualified for the quarter-finals of a World Cup on Tuesday at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, after beating Spain on penalties. Hero of the game with his two shots on goal stopped, the Atlas Lions goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, appeared with his coach Walid Regragui at a post-match press conference.
Moved to tears, a Moroccan journalist then took the floor, not to ask a question to his compatriots, but to address them a poignant speech of thanks.
? The incredible speech of a Moroccan journalist, in tears, at a press conference pic.twitter.com/aU21U9Mxpd
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“I have tears in my eyes”
“I am a Moroccan journalist, but I will speak in English so that all the journalists present in the room can understand what I am going to say”he first said, before letting go completely: “Yassine and Walid, today you made history. I have no questions, I just want to thank you. I want to thank you because it had never been done in Moroccan football. You have regained the confidence of a whole generation of Moroccans. Forty million Moroccans are happy today. »
And to conclude: “Thank you coach Walid, thank you Yassine Bounou for everything you have done. Today you wrote the history of Morocco! I speak and I have tears in my eyes. Because seriously, you wrote the history of Morocco. Thanks. » All smiles, Yassine Bounou and Walid Regragui warmly applauded the journalist, who may not have finished experiencing great emotions…