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Fans go wild as Sofiane Boufal’s ‘dirty’ skill ‘sends Marcos Llorente to the shops’ in Morocco’s shock win over Spain as the African team reach the World Cup quarter-finals after winning the penalty .
Soccer fans have praised Sofiane Boufal’s outrageous ability to embarrass Marcos Llorente in Morocco’s World Cup clash with Spain.
The Africans face Luis Enrique’s men in the round of 16 with a place in the quarterfinals in the Qatar tournament.
In the first half, Moroccan winger Boufal turned one way, the other and then the other way around when his opponent Llorente was left for dead.
Soccer fans have praised Moroccan winger Sofiane Boufal (right) after his outrageous skill embarrassed Spanish defender Marcos Llorente (left) in their World Cup round of 16 clash.
Former Southampton winger Boufal twisted Atlético Madrid’s Llorente inside and out.
And fans were quick to take to social media to praise the ‘dirty’ improvisation and mock Atletico Madrid midfielder Llorente’s attempts, playing out of position at right-back, to bring him down.
One said: ‘Nah Boufal just sent Llorente back to Atlético omds’.
A second added: ‘BOUFAL MY BROTHER THAT WAS DIRTY!! SEND LLORENTE TO THE STORES! #MAR’, followed by a Moroccan flag.
And fans quickly took to social media (pictured) to greet Boufal and mock his poor opponent.
A third published: “Boufal made Llorente very dirty there, I love it,” with a crying and laughing emoji.
One simply tweeted: ‘Boufal’, and an eyes and fire emoji, and another posted a humorous image of a defender kneeling in prayer in front of superstar Neymar in a comparison between the two situations.
The winner of the clash between Morocco and Spain will face Portugal or Switzerland in the quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon.