He is a bit of a lucky charm for the Morocco selection. The Atlas Lions, who qualified for the final of the African Football Cup of Nations after their suspenseful success against Nigeria on Thursday evening, have a pack leader in Achraf Hakimi, but they also have a separate player in their ranks, a talisman player.
Since his first leg passes under the Moroccan tunic in March 2024, striker Brahim Diaz has the distinction of having never lost a match. That’s a current series of 21 victories. 22 even if we take into account the victory last September against Zambia, in a qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup, where he did not come into play.
In detail, the Real Madrid player has a record of 18 victories and three draws, the last Thursday evening where Morocco had to go through the terrible penalty shootout to get their ticket to the final.
A meeting where the pocket attacking midfielder ― 1.70 m ― did not find the net. A rarity during this CAN where the one who is nicknamed “Brahimovic” by some has taken on a new dimension and where he dominates the goals ranking with 5 goals in 6 matches.
Diaz scored 5 goals in 6 matches during the CAN
After the quarter-final against Cameroon, he became the first player to score a goal in each of his first five matches in the African Cup of Nations (5 in total) over the last 15 years, also erasing Ahmed Faras who, since 1976, was the only Moroccan international to find the net during the first three days of the group stage.
The native of Malaga (Spain), who opted for the selection of the country of his paternal grandparents, hopes that his series of invincibility will continue at least one more match, until Sunday, date of the CAN final against Senegal. And with him a whole country dreams.
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