Yassine Bounou Becomes The 10th African Player To Be Crowned MOTM

glove-man Yassine Bounou was voted man of the match of the round of 16 clash pitting Spain against Morocco which turned in favor of the Atlas Lions on Tuesday, December 6.

The Seville man was between the sticks as Morocco made history by becoming only the fourth African nation to reach the quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup.

The goalkeeper was the hero at the Education City stadium. He parried two penalties from Spain.

Bounou, 30, got rid of shots from Carlos Soler, and Sergio Busquets, to snatch qualification off the men of Luis Enrique.

The keeper and his side have had a solid campaign conceding only an own goal (own goal) scored by Aguerd in the game against Canada.

In the next round, the North Africans will face Portugal who thumped Switzerland 6-1 at the Al Lusail Stadium.

List of African Man of the match winners so far;

Aïssa Aidouni (Tunisia), Wahbi Kazhri (Tunisia), Ziyech (Morocco), Hakimi (Morocco), Dia (Senegal), Koulibaly (Senegal), Devis Epassy (Cameroon), Aboubakar (Cameroon) and Mo. Kudus (Ghana).