Youssef En-Nesyriin front of Sevillemade history by becoming the first Moroccan player to score in four different editions of Africa Cup after scoring in the debut match Tanzania on Wednesday.
The attacker put the final 3-0 on the scoreboard in the 80th minute thanks to a great run down the right wing of Achraf Hakimiwho put in a measured cross for the Sevilla player to finish at will with his left foot.
The goal had a strange side: the linesman signaled offside and while the VAR checked validity, Walid Regragui, Moroccan coach, made three changes, including to En-Nesyri, who had to celebrate the goal from the bench since VAR corrected the decision.
The attacker of Fes He made his continental tournament debut when he was under twenty years old, less than a year after making his international debut. On January 20, 2017, they closed out the match 3-1 Togo at the Gabonese stadium Hey M. The ‘Atlas Lions’ fell in the quarterfinals against Egypt.
In the 2019 edition he scored second in the group stage. He signed a 1-0 victory against Ivory Coast in Cairoand in the second round he scored again, against Benin (1-1), although he failed in the penalty shootout and his team was eliminated.
He went further Morocco in Cameroon 2021. He reached the quarterfinals, but again crossed his path Egypt. Before, in the second round, En-Nesyrisince he became the great Moroccan offensive reference, he started the comeback against Malawi (2-1).
Sevilla player, champion of two Europa Leagues with the Seville team, which he joined in 2019 after going through Malaga and the Leganeshas already disappeared from the history of the group known as the “lions of Atlas“in the past Qatar World Cup 2022 by becoming the first Moroccan player to score in two World Cup finals after converting the 2-2 goal against Spain in a match that will soon qualify for the round of 16.
In the Qatar World Cup En-Nesyriscored two very important goals: the first of them against Canadawith a low shot, which allowed the Moroccans to qualify as the first in the group and the second against Portugal, with a header, to give the historic pass to the semifinals, becoming the first African team to reach the top four.
This season, the forward has scored five goals in Leaguetwo of Champions Leaguewhere the Nervión team was eliminated in the group stage and one of the Copa del Reywhere the Andalusian team, now without a participant, qualified on Tuesday for the quarterfinals after defeating the Getafe through 1-3.
Source: La Verdad
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