Yassine Bounou, goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team, forced Kylian Mbappé, captain of the French team, to relive bad memories after saving a penalty from him in the match between the two teams at the 2026 World Cup.

The French team managed to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament after a valuable 2-0 victory over Morocco on Wednesday evening, but the Real Madrid star sent a penalty into Bounou's arms in the 28th minute.

Yassine Bounou continues to impress and saves Kylian Mbappé's penalty with great skill pic.twitter.com/b1xfLhKnym

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) July 9, 2026

According to statistics from the Opta network, this is the first penalty spot kick that Mbappé has missed for the French national team since he missed a penalty in the shootout against Switzerland in the round of 16 of Euro 2020.

15 – Kylian Mbappé had converted 15 consecutive penalties/shootout kicks for France. This is his first failure in that exercise with Les Bleus since the lost shootout against Switzerland at EURO 2020. Unsettling. pic.twitter.com/gEgB4D1aKv

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) July 9, 2026

The network indicated that Bounou stopped a streak of 15 successful penalty kicks by Mbappé for the French national team, whether in regular time or shootouts.

Mbappé had missed a penalty in the shootout against Switzerland in June 2021, causing a surprise elimination for the French team in the round of 16 of the European Championship.

After that match, Mbappé wrote on Instagram, "I apologize for this penalty. I wanted to help the team but I failed. It will be difficult for me to sleep after this."

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