YASSINE BOUNOU - Interview

What's the most difficult thing to do? Messi or Cristiano?

I think you can just kick someone in the face and you'll find out what's wrong with him Guardiola? Guardiola, you can't get in there

You can't even smell it I didn't think about the pass well I wanted to hit it in a dramatic way

I wanted to give it a spin

But...

The turn?

Yeah What's the oldest team in Spain?

I know about Spain. They were playing against us 3 days ago. I thought it was going to be a great match. But it was a defeat. What do you think about the group stage in the World Cup? The World Cup...

I don't know.

What do you think? I think it's a good match.

It's a good match. I dream of the future The dream of the future The difference between Morocco and abroad The first impact

The opportunity of life

The difference between Morocco and abroad Wow Welcome In a new interview Don't film this interview It's special

We want to get it? Today I have a special guest, one of the best players The best goalkeeper in Morocco He is here with me How are you? I'm good

Since he is a special guest I got him a gift Can you open it? For you Open it I have a toy

What is this? It is a toy What is wrong with you?

It is a drone

I am a drone

I have a toy I will give you a toy Thank you I will give you a present Thank you I want to give you a present I want to take a picture

I will give you a present

Thank you Thank you This is for you I want to tell you something When I was young I used to play in the basketball team

Not in the football team

It's normal It's normal I have a passion for playing football, not for playing games. I'm just kidding.

You're just kidding.

I'm just kidding. My role in football is a goalkeeper, not a player. You're saying that you're different from us in the Sunni. I'm special. Thank you very much, bro. I already have a new shirt, I gave it to you.

This is a new shirt, the light one. It's a good shirt. Thank you very much And now, we're waiting for the interview A short break for questions and answers Moura, the intro

I'm happy to be able to attend something like this

And well... The star, the master of the Atlas and the god right now Puno gives you the ability to rule when you have a world champion. Yassine Puno, your great addition.

So, Yassine, everyone knows you're going to Canada to visit your Moroccan friend. Yes, Moria. We saw you playing with Canada. We know you. You came to Canada and you had a security guard. How did you come to Canada and have a security guard?

My father was in Canada at the time. The whole family was in Canada. I was under that time. I grew up. It's been a year and a half, and then I came back to Morocco. I was a child in Casablanca, and I lived in a neighborhood called Bousijour.

Then I moved to Mersultan, and I spent my childhood there.

So you went to Canada, and then you grew up in Morocco.

I came back to Canada once in 2010. My brother lived there and I came back to Canada. It was the only time I came back. I didn't know you had this problem with the culture. You came to Morocco when you were young.

I didn't think about it when I came to Canada. The first memory I have is the street of the Sultan. Exactly.

What did you describe your childhood? Trump, Al-Beef, like any other child. Wow. I was it well. I remember it well. The street of Mersultan. How did you describe your childhood?

Trampi, Albi, Albi, like any other street.

I was honest. At first, I didn't talk about it much. I talked more about Mersultan. Mersultan, Trier. It was my childhood.

We were always honest. We were always... We were always playing football together.

Football!

Yes, we always played together. I'm always saying hi to my family and friends. I always say hi to my children who are growing up in the field.

Ok, since you came to Morocco, your father hasn't been playing football with you. You were 8 years old when he started playing with you.

My father doesn't have much to do with football. My father's family didn't have much to do with football. My father's family was very nice. They were very kind. I used to go to their house. I used to go to their house, City Plateau.

They were my uncle's cousins. We used to play in the stadium's kids in the city platoon They used to play with me in the city platoon There was a man who worked with my father His name was Tashafin He was a man who was a member of the CIA in Hameda

He was a Kuwaiti, he was a military man Tashafin was his son in the Wedat He told me, Yassin, bring the Wedat I was a boy scout and I was told to bring my own. I didn't have a boy scout contract, so I brought my own. At that time, we didn't have that kind of sensitivity. You were a kid playing football.

Yes, I was a boy scout. It was a different atmosphere. There was a sense of humor and not so much of a different atmosphere. There was a certain laugh and that was not the usual mentality we had.

You joined the team, you played football, you had a lot of posts, you were a defender, a defender, not a goalkeeper.

I honestly started in the first team, I was the first to train in the U.S.A. I trained in the Indian team, I was in the starting line-up. I had a coach named Ken Zedine, he was a great player. I played for Brazil and a Scottish player. He was 98. It was the first time I saw him.

He was in the same group as you.

Yes.

And on the first day, he trained me a lot. He was very good.

Why did the coach see you playing for the Guards?

I liked the way he played and the way he spoke. He spoke as if he was training me more. I liked the game and the goal. The goal was like training. We had the training of the goalkeepers and the training of the game. I scored a goal to convince the kids to play. I scored a goal to convince the kids to play. I scored a goal to convince the kids to play.

Mustafa Al-Badawi, was a trainer for the Guardians and he taught us a lot. We wanted to pay our respects to his family and to honor them. He taught us everything about the Marama Guard.

So, little by little, we started...

If it wasn't for the funny thing, we would have had a better African Guard.

Honestly, I was playing well, honestly. When I was in the top 8, we had coach Khalid Shaki, he played me a little bit, he was playing me in the second goal. And after one year, you I got better at scoring goals. Oscar Leir, Oscar Filon, the Argentinian, started training with the Premier League team. When I started training with the Premier League team,

the team of Luis, Eduardo, Brazi, Karim Fugros, and I understood that I'm at the level of... I mean, I'm in Brazil, and I can't continue playing in the league.

What about your role in Karoj? Were you a player, a goalkeeper, or a goalkeeper?

I honestly wanted to be a player, not a goalkeeper. I wanted to be a goalkeeper a lot. And goalkeepers, of course, like Sias, Buffon...

And Van Der Sar?

Van Der Sar. I knew that when you were young, you wanted to be a goal scorer. And I was a fan of Batistuta and Ortega. Oh, you were a fan of both of them. Yes, that's right. When I was older, I was a fan of Ronaldo, who was a Manchester United fan.

Cristiano? I was a student in Manchester. I remember you said you were going to play for a day, but you were playing for 3 months. Yes, I was going to play. I had a Manchester uniform. I took it from the library and I was walking for an hour. I was thinking, what if someone saw me? I was wearing a Robin and they were hitting me with the Robin.

I was like, I'm going to continue, you know? I'm going to beat you, I'm going to beat you, and that sort of thing.

I remember, imagine, you go to the school, you go to the reading class, and a year later you're in the same class, you play in Somalia, or in Saudi Arabia.

It's like, when you're older, your friends start to get a small ball between the village and the football? It was difficult at first, because I was a bit depressed, I was saying, God protect me, and I was like, I got into football and I wanted to play football, I didn't think about anything else, and I turned a bit on the village, and it was difficult with the father and my family. I went to France and I played for five months.

You were 17 years old.

I was 17 years old. I was thinking about going back to France. I didn't have any intention to go back. I didn't have any intention to go back. They told me to go back and they gave me a contract. I had a simple salary, but I didn't have any intention to go back to the UDAD and they gave me a contract. I had a salary, which was not much, but I was told,

at least, you know, I'm a professional goalkeeper. I had a salary and little by little, and that was it. I think my father brought me there. When I got to the goal,

I said, I have to try to score that goal, that one goal, at a distance, you know, a clean area. You can play in a corner.

If your son was in the situation, how would you handle it?

It's difficult, because has a certain culture. It has a certain level. You can reach a certain level of reasoning. You can find his way of thinking, his adaptation to the tactics he plays, his adaptation to foreigners,

who he plays with, and to other cultures. You find it easy, but it's a little difficult.

It's a little difficult. And then, with the Uyghurs, you have to divide them into two teams. You have to divide them into two teams to win the championship. You have to leave the Coptic team behind.

How did you get that feeling? You were so young. Honestly, at that time, playing in the UEFA League was my dream. I knew I wanted to be in the team. That feeling of being a double. We were playing in Lali, and we had a big day ahead of us.

We were playing 0-0. We were playing a match with them in Tunisia. There was a long-term match with Nasser, the goalkeeper. The players were like a family, playing tennis together. I saw Nadir in the ground, and I understood what he was going through. I understood the feeling. I was so emotional at that time. I was thinking about how I would get out of there.

I was not the type of person who would go out of their way. I was training, and training was like everything else. I was out for at least a few hours. I was in a taxi, and I in the street of the Mohamed 5 High School, in Deux Mars I saw my phone, you know, the messages, the sony, the vibrio, the things that were left Thank you

Nokia and that stuff And I got off the street, I got off the street of Deux Mars to go to the airport My phone rang, I turned it off and I knew something, you know I got off, I got close to the coffee shop, the coffee shop get a coffee before the roundabout. People were saying, Oh, my father, you know, he's sick.

It's not like that. I went home and that's it. I just wanted to make sure that I was okay. I was in a hurry. It was a big rush. Yes, it was like,

I don't know where the opportunity came from. It was stressful. I was stressed and I thought it was a chance to live. I was very happy when my father came to pick me up from the road. I was very happy. I was very happy.

I didn't thinking about you.

You were thinking about me?

I was thinking about you. I was dreaming about you.

Thank God. I was dreaming about you. I was dreaming about you.

I was dreaming about you. I was dreaming Tunisia before the match. I couldn't forget it.

I remember that moment. I was with my friends, Yann Jor, Saeed Fattah, Youssef Rabah. We were a group of friends. We were not together. We were playing a match.

I was nervous. We were not together. I remember that moment. We were a group group at that time. It's important, thank God. When you have a family, friends, everything is fine.

After the World Cup, you came back to the club. You played in the Baton, you played in the Premier League, and you came back to Madrid.

Yes, I was a good moment.

It was like I was starting a new career, and I was playing again. I was playing in the national team many times. I was playing well, and that was a good moment for me to get the contract. We were in the top 2 of the league, and we were playing against Toulon.

I played one game against Belarus. That was a good moment for me. against Belarus. That's how they saw me at the time, the recruiters and everything.

Did you feel that you were going to be in the team and you were going to lose?

No, it's like I started in Wydad. At first, the pressure and everything. I told myself, I have a story to tell, I'm going to continue my career in Wydad, knowing that Wydad was a competitor. I had a dream to play for them, to go abroad and play for another team, the second or first division.

I had that dream. I was thinking, now that I'm in the senior team with Wydad, I can play for them and see their final. Honestly, I was already in the senior team with Wydad, but at that time, we were in a time where you didn't get a president or a technical director I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem. I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem. I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem. I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem.

I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem. I mean, I'm not going to say it's not a problem. I mean, I'm not going you. No, not at all. They didn't say anything about that, or about the cinema. And they honestly, at that time,

didn't think I was going to leave. They said, I don't know, I'm going to leave, and I don't know when, and the time, and the place. Like they say, I'm going to travel, I met my grandfather in the sports English boon of Atletico Madrid. He was a member of the club. Yes, he was a member of the club.

Atletico Madrid brought me a Frenchman, Zouhair Fattal. I was a host of the club. He brought me Anas, who is with me now. He is a great guy. I'm not going to be a part of this. We're not going to be a part of this. We're not going to be a part of this. We don't know what's going to happen. We don't know what's going to happen.

We don't know what's going to happen. We don't know what's going to happen. I was 23 years old when I finished my training and I was still around 300 or 400. I'm happy with that. I'm happy that I was able to go out and play with my parents. They welcomed me and I'm happy that I'm here. I'm happy with that.

I'm happy with that. I was a little bit nervous. It was a tough match. It was tough. The goalkeepers were very good.

I didn't know what to do.

I was like a kid in a school. I was like a kid in a school. I was like a kid in a school. I was like a kid in a school. I don't know what to say. I know. You played with the second team in Spain. Yes, I played with the second team.

And you were the first team to play with them.

No, I played with the second team. I was training with them all the time. I was training with them all the time. I was training with them all the time.

You stopped playing with them.

I stopped playing with them. I don't know how to explain it. I learned a lot. I learned to be professional.

What is the difference between the Moroccan football and the Moroccan football abroad?

I think it's the way of life of the team in general. You feel like a man in everything, you know? In training, in food, in the whole program of Smith. And it's normal, they're old, you know?

Their budget...

Their budget is old, you know? You see the team playing against a rich team.

It's unbelievable.

It's normal.

They're individuals, they have the right technology. They're not like Saragossa. Saragossa. Saragossa?

I don't know, maybe Saragossa.

I don't know, maybe Saragossa. I don't know, maybe Saragossa. I don't know, maybe Saragossa. I was one of the big teams. You were in the 6th division. I was in the 6th division. I was in the 3rd division.

You were in a beautiful place, Aragon.

Saragossa is a big city. The fans are great. They love you. Saragossa had a lot of problems. At that time. You had to change.

But you don't have to be a big star. You can live with it.

You have to live with the situation.

You have to adapt. You have to adapt. You have to adapt.

You have to adapt. You have to adapt. I was in the second division, and I was released in 1987.

We were in the same division for a year, and I was going to the RIO in Latahou. The RIO was in Ramzan, and they were going new house, they will go out again. And I was with Anas, my friend, before the job. He said, look, I want you as a neighbor, I want to work with the technical manager. Glory be to God, that feeling, from him and me,

they were already playing in the playoffs to go out, and he and me said, we want you as a manager. I said, we go out or we don We don't want you to succeed. I know. It was a feeling. It's important. We trusted God.

You're not a bad player. I was 87. I was still a good player. Thank God. You know how it is. Sometimes you're not good.

You're stressed. We don't want people You know the ball after a while, it's like a treasure It's like a treasure, it's not like something you can take What do you want people to know about you?

Hahaha

Oh my God What do you want people to know about you?

People who I play with sometimes They tell me something about players They say, what is this guy?

A vision, you see far away?

Not like a person who wants to swim in the water. I'm going to the beach, I'm going to... You're saying, how can I...

You see far away.

Yes, and honestly, before, in many competitions, in Seville, or with the structure we have in the team, we want to go and play in the World Cup, We were very optimistic about the competition in Seville. We knew that he was a very optimistic player. He was a positive energy.

100%. We were trying to help him in Madrid.

We were talking with Cristiano.

Of course, I'm happy to be with him. I'm not sure if it's because of the games, but I'm happy to be with him. I'm not sure if it's because of the games, but I'm happy to be with him. I'm not sure if it's because of the games, but I thought I would be blocked. After the game, how did be a vicious player. I didn't understand that word.

I didn't understand. I was like a vicious person. I didn't know what to do. You were like a picard. Exactly. I didn't know why.

After we played with the Ngalza, Atlein, and the Coup d'Europe, we won. Why? We used to play with Ngalza or Athlein or something. In the European Cup, we used to win them.

You know, I played with my hand, the ball,

I was a bit of a back-up, a bit of a forward, who do you think I am? A bit of a back-up, a forward, a presser, you know? The Spanish team, they have... tactically, they have a high level. I remember that. How did you face Messi, Cristiano and Nuno for the first time? Honestly, it was the first time.

I was facing Ronaldo and I was like... I was sitting like this. You were like this. I was like, I want to get up. And Messi, when he was young, he was like, how did he do that? He falls on his face.

He says, oh. What do you see in Tiran that we can't see as a team? What makes this game special?

In Tiran, it's a long ball, the corner, the goalkeeper, the ball you see on TV, you say, it's a long ball.

But when you see it, you'll say he's a faraway citizen. But when you see him, you know he's close to you.

You can tell he's going to ask you for help.

He's going to ask me for help. It's dangerous. What was the most difficult thing about being a goalkeeper? Messi or Cristiano?

Honestly, I was a good player against Barcelona. Barcelona didn't rely on force. They had a technical game. You know, you go in and you're like that. I was still playing a lot of dribbling and that was like... Madrid was a more direct game, the spaces, you could hit the ball with your head.

It was a difficult game. So the second season wasn't... It was on difficult situation. So you had to leave the country? It was a matter of luck. You know, like Barca, you can be thankful. But the circuit is a difficult place to be. It's difficult, you know.

Sometimes you have to go to Qamar. But Madrid, sometimes, like Ronaldo, you can play well, but you can't do well. You can't. You can go that you don't have a father.

You can't play with someone who is not your father.

You understand?

I don't want to play. You know, it's not a previsible thing.

I understand.

But if you have a good team and you play with your opponent, he will help you. If you have a team that will give you a lot of money. You understand? I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if couldn't believe it.

The first title we won against Atlanta, from the yellow card, was like a dream. Honestly, everyone in the city wants to win a title.

It's a tough country, a bit like Europe. We're a different team. You're going to play another game? Yes, I'm going to play another game. I'm going to play another game.

I had a game against Manchester United. We were losing 2-1. They gave me a change of coach. Bruno Fernandes. I played a great game. I scored a goal.

I scored a goal. I scored a goal. 2-2. I came back. I was in the center, I hit Yusuf, I hit Feras Maguire, I hit him, and I got the return. It's hard to get a return, you know? You're already a player, and you're a winner.

That's true. I'm not a Samoan. Before I was the best goalkeeper in the Spanish league,

I think I was always the same name, I was always using them. To be honest, we had a good defense and a good defense. That year was good, but the defense was good. If you had a good defense and a good defense, it would be realistic. You wouldn't say, no, it's me. So, whoever has a good service, a good service, they complete each other. It would be a result. So, who is your best service? The whole team. The whole team?

Yes, the whole team.

The whole team is the result.

And honestly, there are also the guardians. There are also Courtois, Oblak, they are always competing against each other. And that year, we gave Sevilla one of the most important achievements of my life. I remember one of the most special events that happened to me. I was working in the daytime, and I saw the beach.

I was like a guardian.

Wow, wow. It's like some people's dreams. I didn't go out much. I was dreaming of that. What did you dream of? I was on the roof and I was like half asleep. The coach said, this is what you need to do. Get up and go.

I got up and left.

The year before, I was on the second floor and I hit my head. I was injured and I hit my head. The picture was in the second round and I hit him in the head. We were losing. I hit him in the head and the picture was still there. It was like I was in a dream.

You came back to your senses?

No, I was like, I can't do this anymore. I'm out of my mind.

And you came back?

Yes, I came back. I was like a mouse.

But you were happy.

I don't know how to celebrate.

What's the point of celebrating?

I don't know how to celebrate. I was watching your video and I forgot one question.

Before the Olympics, you had your first selection.

Yes, I had my first selection with Eric Geretz. I don't know what message he sent you. He sent me a message about the coach of the Guardia, Salamat. He said hello. He asked me

what I was playing. I told him I was playing for the Champions League. He said we played a friendly match. We played a friendly match against Colombia. It was good. He sent me a message. Hei called me, for the first time.

At that time, the team that was going to play in the Africa Cup was in Mozambique. Me, Kinani and Nadir Miagri were there. Safi, I was called up for that match, and then I wasn't called up for the Africa Cup, until the summer, and then I was called up again. And Safi, from that moment on, I stayed... I was called up for the summer team. I was away for a few hours. You were called up for the season?

Yes, I was called up almost every season. Let's go back to Sevilla. You didn't play in the Europa League or the Champions League. You were sent to play for a penalty kick against Holland. The whole world was watching. What happened?

You scored the first penalty.

It was like you said. We played a match early. If a player scored a goal, and I scored a goal.

You scored a goal?

Yes, and he was sitting in the house, and I was sitting in the house, you know? I was like, I don't like this ball, you know?

You scored a goal?

You know? And he was like, I scored a goal, and he scored a goal. I was like, I don't the summer, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was playing with my girlfriend, and I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy. I was so happy.

I was so happy.

We played with them in the Supercourt. We played with them in the Supercourt.

We played with them in the Supercourt.

We played with them in the crescent moon. It's a great feeling. Yes, it's a great feeling.

The Cup 2022 is in Qatar.

Do you know if you will be safe on the bike or are you just joking? We were laughing, but we were confident because we had good players in good championships who earned titles and we were in good shape. You can be optimistic and play all the games you want with Chile, with Georgia, with the likes. And you're a very good father, you brought a very good mind for everything. He raised the secret. He raised the secret and that was the weakness of Morocco.

Morocco was always playing well and winning.

We played well and won.

Morocco has that vision that says,

Zaki, come here. We want to know, this was a good match against Croatia.

What happened to you against Belgium? Against Belgium, I was hit in one corner I got a ball and a defender entered it, the one who does the mask. I played in City

and everything. A goalkeeper? A goalkeeper. He can't get in. He's afraid of me. I'm afraid of him. I'm afraid of him.

When I was in Croatia, I was hit by a ball.

I was praying to God that I wouldn't get hit by a ball or a flag.

I was sitting there and I was thinking, I'm going to see how I'm going to play.

I was in Morocco for three days and I called a Belgian player and he said he wanted to play before the warm-up. I said no, let's play after the warm-up and we'll call him to stay in the stadium until the game. I called him and he said he wanted to play before the warm-up. I called him and he said he wanted to play before the warm-up and we'll call him to stay for the next hour and a half Then we'll go to the TV and watch the game and we'll sit down in the corner

and we'll sit down a bit and we'll talk for a while and we'll start to feel a bit dizzy and we'll start to read the Quran and we'll start to feel dizzy and we'll start to feel dizzy I was like, I'm going to die. I was like, I'm going to die. I was like, I'm going to die.

I was like, I'm going to die.

I was like, I'm going to die.

I was like, I'm going to die.

I was like, I'm going to die tonight, and I said no, I'm going to die in a hole. I was born in a hole, I don't know what to do. I used to think about my children, and now I'm here with the government. I'm going to die, and I'm going to die. I don't understand, thing you're saying. When you reach that level, you say, I'm not good, I'm not healthy.

You become a ball.

You don't like the conditions.

First of all, you become a ball. You become unhealthy. Secondly, people think that I'm a responsible person. I'm not good. And Mounir is a responsible person. And Mounir is doing his job.

And Mounir is saying no. And he is saying thank God, he is in the 50's.

And he is doing his job. Thank God. I was watching you on TV and I saw other clips of you and Mounir. I was wondering why you were laughing. I was going, what? What? You can't kick like that.

I was going to kick. I was going to kick. The goalkeeper didn't understand. When you are out, and the ball comes to the goalkeeper's foot, you can't kick.

You have to kick with your leg or head. So, you can't kick like that. You have to kick like that. was invited to this YouTube channel. I was like a kid, I entered the house and...

I was like a kid, I entered the house and... I was like a kid, I entered the house and...

I was like a kid fan of the Spanish. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just saying. I'm just saying.

I'm just saying. I was happy. I was thinking about a pillow, but I couldn't imagine how I would sleep. I was happy, but I didn't know what to do.

A pillow. I was happy. I like that joke, but I don't know how to smile. Do you want to show it?

I want to show it, but I didn't know how to do it. I was trying to hit it.

I didn't know how to do it.

I didn't know how to do it.

I was trying to hit it. I was trying to hit it.

I was trying to hit it.

Did you see the match between the Spanish and the Spanish? I was a little bit stressed. What did you do? I played football. I played with the Spanish team.

I know the Spanish team.

Did you know that they were going to play against you?

No, I didn't know. I was a little bit stressed. I was stressed against Spain. Why? Because I played for the Spanish team. I know that they say that I play for the Spanish team.

I know that they say that I play in the Spaniards. I know you're not the type of guy who says, I'm a fool to play in the Spaniards. I know you're not the type of guy who says, I'm a fool to play in the Spaniards. I know you're not the type of guy who says, I'm a fool to play in the Spaniards.

I know you're not the type of guy who says,

I'm a fool to play with the energy I have, Oh my God, you know?

And when you get penalties, what did you do the day before? Did you study or did you feel it?

I was in Arabia, with Adel Ziv-Siviya, and I had the intuition that I could do it. I was playing against Soler, I didn't know how to use it. But in the end, I found out that I changed my way of playing. It's not the same as before.

You've been playing for a whole day.

Yes, I've been playing a lot. I understand, sometimes the ball is not in your hands. I don't know how to hit a basketball. I know you don't hit it hard, but it's a basketball. I understand, but I'm not going to try to be like Maoua, who wants to be something with him. I said, Zamari wants to speak with me. I said, fine, I will do something with him.

I will do a Frenchman, I will go to Algeria, and I will speak French, I will go to London. I will meet with him.

Where is he? You are going to Algeria, you are joking.

No, he has an Argentinean car. You understand, I said, Carnival, you were laughing at me. No, I was talking to an Argentinian guy. You know, he was saying, Carnaval to Alawi, you say, Carnaval to Alawi.

I was laughing at you.

Yes, and he was talking to us, what kind of match do you want, in Saudi Arabia or in the world of football? We will meet, you say,

Carnaval to Alawi. I don't think this game is worth it. I don't think Cristiano will play.

I didn't play the previous game. I don't know about Switzerland. I don't think he will play. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

I think they were in the big market.

You went to the Gio Felix match.

Yes.

You were playing against Trivella.

Yes, I played against him a few times.

You didn't feel the match was going to change your mind?

No, I felt that my position was good. I could have played with a little more spin, we could have caught it. But since I was hitting it with all my strength, I was a little bit ahead. I think we didn't need to pay too much. I think we just needed to help the angle.

I think we just needed to pay and cut.

And the Nisari's house?

Yes.

Everything was in the pot.

The Nisari's house. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I was very happy to be born in Portugal. I think the most important home in the history of the national team is this home.

We were so happy in the final, Messi, Cristiano, we lost to Portugal.

Yes, we know.

And Portugal was out, honestly. It was a good difference.

I respect them.

We know that in the big matches you are a good defender.

And the match against France, what are the small details that you felt today?

The match against France, all the players were sick. Everything was bad. They were sick. No, it was because of Corona. All the players were sick. And France are good, not to mention the sick players. France, when you play is a team that can play well.

They can play well. I need a single shot. I want the referee to see the shot.

We can say it before Theo Hernandez. We can say Zamaan is a team that can play well.

You can say that. We can say that. Yes, they can play well. It's important to it's ok. The details of the football. We have a historical story.

The first time the Moroccan team came out of the pitch, we were not even living.

It was a dream come true. We were playing and we were living it. It's something you can't imagine. It's a dream of any player To live in a place like this

I'm proud of you I want you to give me the best format in history From Marmara's guard to the game of Kenin

I want it Honestly, it's hard It's hard if you don't put 11 players who are good at the game We put players who are It's hard. It's hard if you don't put 11 players, Hiddez and players. You know, it's not possible. If you put a player like Atifa, you know? No, the player is not going to defend against him.

And the goalkeeper, Badou Al-Zaki. He's a goalkeeper who made me... He's a role model. He made me feel safe that I can get to know him. I can't put Ashraf Hakeem. He's a great guy. He's a great guy.

And he's a great player. But Ashraf, honestly, to be a Moroccan and reach the level... He's in a great position in Balandar.

He's going to get through the Coupe d'Afrique.

And he'll be there, God willing. We'll see. Yes. And you want to get married to the African Cup? I hope so.

I hope so.

I liked Maldini in defense. He played a lot of left back.

He was good.

He was good in defense. Sergio Ramos. He was a great player. I don't know how many times I've met him in Serie A.

He was a great player.

Left back? Left back. Roberto Carlos. I'm not sure. Where? Sibiano, right? Arrier-Gauche. Roberto Carlos.

OK.

I was going to put him in your spot.

He was mine at first. But you were stealing from him. Maybe.

In the middle of the field? In the middle of the field, we put the baskets. OK. And then we go to the team that plays football. I like it, Moaimane. I put Busquets, but he's a footballer. I like Mo Amman, I like his post.

You're a bit like him, but you're not like him.

I put Zidane, I put... I don't watch Bensour Dez and his games, so I'll say what I saw. I put Zidane, I put, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alessandro, Ronaldo, Hernan.

That's dangerous.

I'll say them.

It's strange, when you're with someone, you talk to them a lot. more than half of the time.

I know, I know.

I remember.

I used to watch them, you know? Like they didn't like us, they didn't like him. When you watch the videos, people you know, he was... I was with a to see Brazilian players. It was amazing.

You know them well. But I wanted to see them play.

They were playing against Real Madrid. I remember that time when Marco Piedmont and Joao Cordoba were playing. They wanted to play against Real Madrid. I see, during the World Cup and the Kurdish promise, Bouni could have gone to the Riyadh, but he was attacked by the Madrid team.

Honestly, in the morning, he was attacked and he was given a shot, and the coach was Barghini. And it was the option of the K-Pa, at night, it was the K-Pa. For today, it's normal, playing in the K-Pop. For them, it was normal.

We played with more than one team.

But you were not allowed to play with any team.

No, because Kortawa had only one year. There was no year. The year passed and we played the Champions League again. The final game. The final game.

Yes.

So, there were some things. There was Alamogadro, there was La Canta. There are some clubs that have a lot of potential, but it's more for the young players to get ready for the season.

The project is to get you ready for the season, but it's not like you're going to play for

the first time in a few years. It's like if you're in Madrid, you know? Madrid is not a't go back in. It was one of the most difficult periods in my career. It was one of the most difficult periods in your career. We, the players, live in periods that are personal and football-wise. In football, you live in periods where you don't play, you have to switch teams. You make a lot of mistakes. Yes, a lot of mistakes.

As you said, you are in a crisis, but you don't get to do depression or anything like that. But when you are die a poor person, it's a bit difficult. It takes away the pleasure of football. It's a bit difficult. You don't know what your goal is.

You want to be the successful in the world. When you enter the university, you say, I've been dreaming of this all my life. And you say, why? I feel like I'm living it.

It's hard for someone to understand it. I think you've reached a high level of professionalism. Can you live your life in a way that's different from the private life? Like you lost the final, or can you do to get back on the pitch and play with your son?

After I lost the final, I was in the final for a month.

You were thinking about me?

Yes, it was hard but I was in the game for a month.

How did you win?

You have to play with your best efforts and be patient. You shouldn't think of things that are not... You have to stay... You have to stay in the company. Let's go to the crescent.

What is your decision?

The crescent... Honestly, we were in a period of the market at that time. We were waiting for it. We were watching Bayern Munich and we were waiting for him. We were waiting for him. We kept waiting. They gave us three days, two days, a week. We arrived at about 3 o'clock. I was with his coach, his guardian, and he said we will work together.

He said this is our project. But he said we need to wait a bit, we are in our section. I said they will be 8 or so, some will be 2, some will be... They will make the decision. Yes, everything. We were left with only one player,

and he was a new player. When the transfer market was getting closer, they had to sell the CV, and I had to leave that year. I wanted to change.

So, I got the offer from Aito and the club. At that time, the coach, Georges Khesous, wanted to Hilal club. The Hilal coach was Bari Haris. He was a great player. He was a great player.

At first, I knew about the change in Europe. I knew about the change in Europe. I knew where we were going. I knew where we were going. I knew that the Arabs knew about the change in Saudi Arabia. But if you want to play football for the rest of your life...

You are at the beginning of the project. Yes, at the beginning of the project. So, there is a doubt. And I know that I will not know the Canadian national anthem. The Saudi national anthem.

Without the project we have in Saudi Arabia, the national anthem is always...

Historical, yes. So, without the project of the Saudi Arabia, the crescent is always behind.

So, they gave us an offer, and then they gave us another offer, and they said that we now have to find a solution, and we have to build our project. And so, they came to us, and at that time, we were in the middle of the desert, and there were a lot of animals and stuff. So I thought, I said, I said, in life, you have to do something for the people who want you.

Really?

I mean, why would you sell and run after them? There are people who say,

They're not going to build a cathedral for you.

They're going to make you a statue and all that, you know? People want you to be like Femzineh. I trusted God and I didn't regret it. I found a lot of people, a family. How many people? Not from the crowd, not from the players, not from the people. A family. I used to laugh at you.

I used to and laughing. I was laughing and laughing. I was laughing and laughing. I always say that the crescent was more important to me than my career and my life. But the crescent was important in my personal life. Without my career, I would have gone back and started to talk about my life.

You would have gone back and started to talk about your life.

I would have gone back and started to talk about my life. I would have gone back and back, I got my motivation back. I was in a period of a bit of a moral crisis, like I achieved something, and I was looking for something more, something that would give me back everything.

And I didn't get that gift. And I went to the Hillel, and I said, I'm going to continue my competitive spirit spirit and play with the same objective. I will never forget the good things that happened to me.

How do you see the Saudi team's development?

Every year, the. They come to the league and improve tactically. They improve their competitiveness. In the first year, we were a bit ahead of the team. Now, we're better. The team is improving. The players in our team are world class.

In the last Asian Cup, we were against the three teams in Saudi Arabia.

No, honestly, I saw the matches of when he played against Nasr, the Ahli. I saw them a lot. It's like he played in a Champions League match.

I saw them a lot. Exactly. And a question for you, when you play in the Saudi Cup, who do you think is the most cautious players Cristiano faced. He faced all the players from the streets, not even the Saudi Kazia or the Dori.

Ronaldo. I don't know. Cristiano, honestly, without football, I feel like he is a religious person. He always pays attention to Morocco, he has Moroccan friends, he meets Moroccan players, he talks to Tunisians.

He is a good guy. and his Moroccan friends, when he meets with Moroccan players, he talks to them. That was good.

I mean, he's like... I don't know how to explain it. So, honestly, we met... and this is still in Saudi Arabia. We meet with his kids, his family, his friends. We meet with him.

We meet every now and then. He's the one who started the Saudi project. So I can only be you know I can only thank Chris for starting something

and we followed him and thank God.

We were thinking about a day in the future for the coincidental decision.

He knows you are Moroccan and he wants to play with you.

God willing. What did he tell you about the group group we played in the World Cup?

The World Cup... I was with Drary Lipshaw that day, and I told him I want to come and play. Like the players who play for Morocco, everything was like... He started with respect, and that's something you respect. And now, I hope he doesn't not be just respect, but also fear.

I hope so. So, this was our interview with Yassine. We didn't talk about it in the beginning, as you noticed. But, God willing, the book will be published. God willing, the book will have a different concept. God willing. God willing.

Thank you very much. You know how we are in Ghana. You came here. Thank you. We will see what we will say in the end of this interview. If you want to, you can choose the next guest.

Or give me three. I don't want to be the last one.

I want to be the first one. The next guest, in football... Yes, in football. I'll give you Ashraf Hakimi, God willing. Ibrahim Dersi. Diaz, we'll see him with Real.

Yes, Ibrahim Diaz and Youssef Nsai. God willing. And Dallari, Rahimi, Kabe, Ounji, As-Siddine Ounahi, many more people from the election. God willing, they will not come back.

Thank you, Yassine. That's all for this interview with my brother Yassine. I hope you enjoyed it. See you next time. See you next time. God bless you.