Morocco wins and he surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo- Corriere.it

The jump of Youssef En-Nesyri, who scored Morocco’s winning goal against Portugal, “was historic in every respect”. The seal not only allowed the Moroccan national team and an African country to reach the semifinals of a World Cup for the first time (the races of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana respectively in 1990, 2002 and 2010, had stopped in the quarterfinals), but also shattered a record. Let’s go in order.

The height reached by the Moroccan striker of Sevilla, as claimed by the Spanish sports newspaper Brand which cites the calculation made by Bein Sports, was of 2.78 meters. En-Nesyri has thus surpassed that of Cristiano Ronaldo’s header, who was then playing for Juventus, against Sampdoria
which had been measured at 2.56 metres. An extraordinary goal that took place with the black and white shirt in December 2019.

Although to tell the truth, Youssef En-Nesyri was not the first to shatter this record. On 30 January 2021, Bevis Mugabi, a Ugandan player, had already thought about it, at the time at Motherwell in the Scottish second division. He flew off reaching i 2.62 meters and scoring with a header in a 2-1 win against Ross County. The little-known defender (1.87 meters tall) had thus beaten CR7.

And now it’s Youssef En-Nesyri’s turn. A goal for all of Africa, with Morocco reaching the semifinals. And an entire country that never stops dreaming.