After the failure and the tears, his speech was expected. Unhappy hero of the CAN 2025 final, Moroccan striker Brahim Diaz, top scorer in the competition, will be remembered above all as the one who missed a panenka on this penalty awarded to the Moroccans in the final seconds of added time.
On social networks, the Real Madrid player wrote a few words, less than 24 hours after this painful ordeal.
“My heart hurts,” he wrote in Spanish and Arabic, under a black and white photo of himself. “I dreamed of this title thanks to all the love you gave me, to each message, to each sign of support that made me feel that I was not alone. I fought with all my strength, with my heart above all. »
“Yesterday I failed and I take full responsibility for it,” he admits. I offer you my most sincere apologies. It will be difficult for me to recover from this, because this injury does not heal easily, but I will try. Not for me, but for all those who believed in me and for all those who suffered with me. »
“I will continue to move forward until one day I can return all this love to you and make my Moroccan people proud,” he concludes.
While his gesture is widely criticized among Moroccan supporters, who were touching on the dream of a continental coronation at home, Brahim Diaz has decided not to remain walled in silence for too long. Earlier in the day, he received support from his Real Madrid teammate, Kylian Mbappé, at a press conference.
