Teenage Prodigy Bouaddi Strides Imperiously Onto World Cup Stage
The 18-year-old Lille midfielder made his first senior international start and completed 86 touches with more than 90% passing accuracy, officials said.
- On Saturday at MetLife Stadium, 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi made his FIFA World Cup debut for Morocco, delivering an accomplished midfield display against Brazil.
- The France-born Lille midfielder switched his international allegiance to Morocco last month after playing for France U21 as recently as March, having racked up 63 Ligue 1 appearances.
- Morocco head coach Mohamed Ouahbi insisted starting the teenager was not a risk, noting Bouaddi dominated midfield battles against veteran opponents Casemiro and Fabinho.
- The Atlas Lions secured a point against Brazil after Ismael Saibari's 21st-minute opener, with a youthful midfield featuring Bouaddi, Neil El Aynaoui, and Samir El Mourabet.
- Morocco's Group C campaign continues against Scotland in Foxborough on June 19, before the team faces Haiti in Atlanta five days later.
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Still with his long wet hair and the knob getting wild, Ayyoub Bouaddi (Senlis, France) jumped from micro to micro in the mixed area of the MetLife stadium in New Jersey. At only 18 years old, the eruption of the Lille mid-center in the World Cup was stellar. Morocco’s rookie who snatched Didier Deschamps from France less than three months after the start of this World Cup was the press claim. His choice for its Moroccan roots provoked a schism …
He said in the previous Achraf Hakimi that Morocco was already being called the Brazil of Africa, but if something did not have the canarinha on the grass of the MetLife Stadium in front of the Moroccan combination it was a midfielder like the very young Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18 years old. Bouaddi, player of the Lille, monopolized the game with an outstanding performance thanks to his success in the pass, completing 60 of 66 (91% correct), and his def…
The Moroccan midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi shone for his first World Cup match. At 18, he dominated the trade against Brazil with 86 balloons played and over 90% successful passes.
Teenage prodigy Bouaddi strides imperiously onto World Cup stage
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, June 14 : For a teenager playing a first competitive international, Ayyoub Bouaddi looked completely at home as Morocco more than matched Brazil in their opening World Cup outing on Saturday.The 18-year-old carried an imperious air as he moved relentlessly across the pitch, consta
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