Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019. Real Madrid star Brahim Diaz fired off a ridiculous panenka ...

Fortune favours the bold, in most cases perhaps, but for Morocco’s Brahim Diaz, he found out the hard way that there is a flip-side to that coin. In football there is nothing quite as audacious as ...

Real Madrid star Brahim Díaz was at the heart of a moment of utter chaos on Sunday evening. This came owing to his endeavours on the international front, in the AFCON finale showdown between Morocco ...

Senegal broke Moroccan hearts in incredible circumstances in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat on Sunday. Pape Gueye's stunning strike early in extra time proved enough to secure a 1-0 ...

Real Madrid’s attacking midfielder Brahim Díaz had a brilliant Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco, all the way until the penalty that changed the outcome of the final defeat to Senegal. A miss in the ...

Morocco’s Brahim Diaz has apologised for his Panenka penalty miss that cost his country the Africa Cup of Nations title on Sunday, saying his “soul hurts” and he took responsibility for the 1-0 defeat ...

Brahim Diaz was shellshocked after his Panenka-style penalty was easily saved by Edouard Mendy in Morocco's 0-1 defeat to Senegal at the 2025 AFCON final. The Real Madrid midfielder won the penalty ...