In an interview with BBC Sport, Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou has revealed that a painkilling injection made him miss the clash with Belgium at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
‘’The first game against Croatia, I kicked one of their players. To arrive well for the game against Belgium, we had to put an injection for the pain”, he told BBC Sport.
The medical staff told the goalkeeper that the effects of the painkiller would last for between 60 and 90 minutes, Bounou decided to have the injection shortly before kick-off. “I went in the tunnel with the two teams, I was feeling very bad, and I spoke with the captain, Romain Saiss, and said ‘I’m not feeling good.'”, he said.
He walked out with his teammates and sung the national anthem, but in between that and the team photo there was a delay. It was then that Mohamedi replaced Bono, with several eagle-eyed viewers spotting the change straight away.
When he felt better, the goalkeeper watched the second half of the clash in a clinic inside the stadium. ‘’”It was a strange moment because I wanted to play the games.”, he told BBC reporters.
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