At the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the son of Moroccan goalkeeper Yashin Bunu (32, Sevilla), who wrote the World Cup semifinal myth for the first time among African participating countries, stood at the center of the topic with his cute behavior.
The International Football Federation (FIFA) posted a video on the official FIFA World Cup Twitter account on the 14th (local time) with the caption, “The son of Yasin Bunu, who thinks of the microphone as ice cream, is really adorable.”
Filmed following the match once morest Portugal, the 26-second video features Bunu and his son. In the video, Boonoo is holding his son and responding to an interview, when his son pokes his finger into the purple microphone, then sticks out his tongue and licks the microphone.
Bunu and the reporters burst into laughter at his son’s cute behavior. The video instantly went viral online.
Bunu played an important role in Morocco’s progress to the quarterfinals with his splendid saves. He was also named ‘Player of the Match’ in the quarterfinals.
Morocco failed to win the title as they lost 2-0 to France for a ticket to the final. On the 18th at 0:00 (Korean time) at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Croatia, who lost to Argentina, will have a 3rd and 4th place match.
Jang Ji-min, Hankyung.com guest reporter newsinfo@hankyung.com
