Yassine Bounou, the Moroccan national team goalkeeper, forced Kylian Mbappé, the 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 national team managed to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament after a valuable 2-0 victory over Morocco on Wednesday evening, but the Real Madrid star had a penalty saved by Bounou in the 28th minute.

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

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) July 9, 2026

According to statistics from the network "Opta", this is the first penalty kick that Mbappé has missed with the French national team since missing 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 the French national team. This is his first failure in the exercise with Les Bleus since the lost shootout against Switzerland at EURO 2020. Shaken up. pic.twitter.com/gEgB4D1aKv

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) July 9, 2026

The network indicated that Bounou ended a streak of 15 successful penalties for Mbappé with the French team, whether in regular time or shootouts.

Mbappé had missed a penalty in the shootout against Switzerland in June 2021, causing the surprising early elimination of the French national 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 hard for me to sleep after that."

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