Morocco’s World Cup hero Youssef En-Nesyri completed his good Qatar marketing campaign with an undesirable document after he solely managed to the touch the ball thrice in his facet’s semi-final defeat by France.
The Morocco striker has loved an outstanding match up till tonight’s semi-final, along with his aim towards Portugal within the quarter-finals serving to the Atlas Lions change into the primary African and Arab nation to achieve the final 4 of the match.
Nonetheless, En-Nesyri struggled to make any form of influence towards the reigning world champions on the Al-Bayt Stadium and has now written his title within the World Cup historical past books for the flawed causes.
Morocco striker Youssef En-Nesyri touched the ball simply thrice within the 2-0 defeat by France
Having began the match, the 25-year-old, who’s his nation’s main scorer on the match with three objectives, was solely in a position to contact the ball thrice whereas main the road earlier than he was changed within the 66th minute by supervisor Walid Regragui.
It implies that En-Nesyri, who performs his membership soccer for Sevilla in LaLiga, has made the fewest touches of the ball on document by any participant to play 45 minutes of extra in a World Cup match.
It is a disappointing finish for En-Nesyri and his Morocco team-mates, who have been bidding to play Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup ultimate.
Morocco’s goals of reaching the ultimate have been finally dashed very early on when Theo Hernandez gained a match document of his personal by scoring the quickest World Cup semi-final aim since 1958 after simply 4 minutes and 39 seconds.
En-Nesyri’s three touches are the fewest by anybody to play 45 minutes or extra at a World Cup
Morocco left themselves open whereas making an attempt to intercept a superb through-ball to Antoine Griezmann earlier than a number of failed makes an attempt to dam and clear Kylian Mbappe’s photographs noticed the ball fall into Hernandez’s path for the left-back to interrupt the impasse.
A spirited Morocco attacked and attacked France’s aim and have been denied on a number of events by Hugo Lloris and Co looking for an equaliser to maintain their goals alive.
However France doubled their result in depart Morocco devastated and deflated, with substitute Randal Kolo Muani scoring inside seconds of approaching to place the sport to mattress and e book Didier Deschamps’ males a spot in a second successive World Cup ultimate.
