Brahim Diaz, the Moroccan offensive of Real Madrid, launched hostilities against his compatriot Yassine Bounou.
This Wednesday, Real Madrid will come across al-Hilal for its entry into the club World Cup. After a season without any major title, the Madrilenians intend to catch up by winning the final victory.
This will ideally go through a victory against the less armed Saudi training on paper, of course, but capable of creating surprise. And this, thanks to the leading players it has in certain positions.
Double winner of the Europa League with Seville (2020, 2023) before winning the Saudi championship last year, Yassine Bounou is a solid argument in the blue and white cages.
His compatriot Brahim Diaz, whom he has known in the Moroccan selection for more than a year now, is well aware of it. Important element of the merengue squad, the versatile offensive warned against the 1.95m giant.
Brahim Diaz hopes to mark against Bounou
At the microphone of journalists, he did not hide his ambition to mark however against the sprawling porter of the Atlas Lions (74 selections). All, in a good -natured tone.
“Al Hilal? It's a solid team, with experienced players in Europe. I know their goalkeeper very well, I hope to be able to score a goal against Bounou (laughs). »
🗣️ Brahim Diaz 🇲🇦: “Al Hilal? It's a solid team, with experienced players in Europe. I know their goalkeeper very well, I hope to be able to score a goal against Bounou (haha) ”. pic.twitter.com/KdyvjTM20J
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If he were to be aligned by coach Xabi Alonso, it will be the first time that Brahim Diaz will face Bounou in direct confrontation, while being on the lawn at the same time as the Montreal native.
Otherwise, the Ambidextre has already seen Real winning twice without him in as many matches against Bounou when he played in Girona and then in Seville. The whites had respectively won 4-2 (2019) and 2-1 (2020).
