SOFIANE BOUFAL sent Marcos Llorente back to Atletico Madrid with an outrageous bit of skill during Morocco’s World Cup clash with Spain.
The two countries – separated by the Strait of Gibraltar – collided in the World Cup round of 16.
Morocco, in particular, have been one of the surprise packages at the Qatar tournament, topping a group consisting of World Cup 2018 finalists Croatia, Belgium’s golden generation and Canada.
Meanwhile, Spain ultimately turned in an underwhelming group stage after thrashing Costa Rica in their opener, finishing second to Japan.
Morocco called on their technical ballers to break Luis Enrique’s well-drilled Spanish side down.
Ex-Southampton ace Boufal was put up against Atletico’s Llorente and got the better of the versatile Spaniard.
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Trickster Boufal sent Llorente back to Atletico with a bit of outrageous skill that left the midfielder scrambling.
Boufal faked one way, prompting Llorente to lunge in before darting down the line.
One fan tweeted: “Llorente got sent back to Atletico lmao.”
Another said: “Stop that Boufal.”
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A third quipped: “Boufal is the final boss of tricky North African wingers with 5 star skill moves and no end product.”
It was one of three times Llorente was dribbled past in the first half.
Morocco pulled off the first shock of the World Cup knockouts, beating Spain 3-0 on penalties.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
