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Bono, the goalkeeper who overcame his complexes

2021-02-16T23:13:53.190Z


The Moroccan goal, close to beating a Palop record, shines after increasing his confidence A fiery Sevilla and a downward Dortmund meet this Wednesday (9:00 pm, Movistar LC) at the Pizjuán. The Andalusian team has nine wins in a row and is fourth in LaLiga; the German is sixth and has only won one of his last six games. The saves of Yassine Bono (Montreal, of Moroccan nationality, 29 years old) are one of the keys to this good moment for Sevilla, which has accumulated seven games in a r


A fiery Sevilla and a downward Dortmund meet this Wednesday (9:00 pm, Movistar LC) at the Pizjuán.

The Andalusian team has nine wins in a row and is fourth in LaLiga;

the German is sixth and has only won one of his last six games.

The saves of Yassine Bono (Montreal, of Moroccan nationality, 29 years old) are one of the keys to this good moment for Sevilla, which has accumulated seven games in a row without conceding a goal and is alive in all the competitions it disputes.

The goalkeeper's present is the result of a process of improvement since he decided to leave Morocco to play for Atlético de Madrid B, Zaragoza, Girona and now Seville.

"Bond?

He's offering one exhibition after another, ”says Fernando, nicknamed a

father

in the Sevilla dressing room because of his seniority (33 years) and ancestry in his teammates.

The midfielder celebrates the performances of his teammate, who just a year ago was a substitute after a signing in 2019 that went practically unnoticed.

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A mistake of his was about to condemn Sevilla in the Europa League against Cluj.

In June, however, he took over the title after the injury of his teammate Vaclik in the game against Eibar.

A fundamental part of the victory in the last Europa League, Bono now dazzles with his saves.

“Bono is very good, but he didn't believe it.

He lacked confidence.

When he has taken that step he is a top goalkeeper ”, they affirm within the Sevilla entity.

Julen Lopetegui and Monchi, coach and sports director, were goalkeepers.

They both worked on the mental aspect with Bono.

“He is intelligent, applied and hard-working.

His great mentality is paying off, ”says Lopetegui of his goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper was somewhat self-conscious about his origin from a football like Moroccan and because of his somewhat timid character.

On the first day of arriving at Sevilla, he spoke with Juan Carlos Unzué, who reaffirmed him that he had to believe in his great qualities.

Unzué knew him from Girona and he was goalkeeper for Sevilla between 1990 and 1997.

Bono is a lover of his profession, to which he dedicates himself body and soul.

For example, studying the tactics and movements of the best goalkeepers in Europe when he was inactive for two weeks due to the coronavirus at the end of last year.

His father, a Physics teacher, did not want his son to be a footballer, but he did not hinder him.

Now he collects all the shirts that Bono has exchanged throughout his sports career.

Nerves of steel

Monchi had very good reports from Bono from Pablo Machín's coaching staff, with whom the goalkeeper agreed at Girona, and he did not hesitate to sign him in the summer of 2019 and buy him definitively last summer for four million euros.

With nerves of steel, Bono is the footballer who controls En-Nesyri, a Moroccan like him, in the dressing room.

The striker professes great devotion to him.

After the moments of doubt, the season that the goalkeeper is doing is remarkable.

Thanks to his work and that of his teammates, the goalkeeper has not conceded a goal for 709 minutes and is 71 minutes away from surpassing the historical record of the entity, which is less than a myth of his goal as Andrés Palop, with 780 in the 2008-09 season.

“What he did against Huesca was brutal.

He made the best stop of the season and is living an extraordinary moment.

Hopefully I get better, "said Palop after Sevilla's triumph against Huesca last day, in which he put a saving hand on foot changed after a head shot from Mir at point-blank range in the small area with 1-0 on the scoreboard .

Source: elparis

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