{"id":335990,"date":"2026-02-23T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=335990"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:46:47","slug":"samir-el-mourabet-in-a-small-space-i-like-that-i-attempted-the-nutmeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/samir-el-mourabet-in-a-small-space-i-like-that-i-attempted-the-nutmeg\/","title":{"rendered":"Samir El Mourabet: &#8220;In a small space, I like that&#8230; I attempted the nutmeg&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RC Strasbourg ended Lyon&#8217;s winning streak by winning at the Meinau (3-1). In this important victory, Samir El Mourabet played a crucial role in the midfield and particularly stood out by being the catalyst for the penalty that ultimately secured Strasbourg&#8217;s lead in the final quarter of the match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A complete match, and the action that turned the end of the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Racing built their advantage thanks to goals from Martial Godo (37th minute) and Diego Moreira (52nd minute), before Lyon responded through Corentin Tolisso (59th minute).<\/p>\n<p>However, it was in the final minutes that El Mourabet, 20 years old, made the decisive play: in the penalty area, the Strasbourg midfielder eliminated Clinton Mata with a nutmeg before being fouled. After consulting the VAR, referee Ruddy Buquet awarded a penalty, converted by Joaqu\u00edn Panichelli for the 3-1 scoreline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">R\u00e9action d\u2019apr\u00e8s match de Samir El Mourabet <br \/>\ud83c\udfa5 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ici_alsace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ici_alsace<\/a> <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hVZOwbOpxL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hVZOwbOpxL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mountakhab.net (@Mountakhabma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mountakhabma\/status\/2025827498823458906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>A constant influence in midfield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond this decisive action, El Mourabet delivered a complete performance: present in recovery, clean in distribution, and available between the lines, he embodied Strasbourg&#8217;s balance in a demanding match.<\/p>\n<p>At the final whistle, the player emphasized the importance of the result:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an important victory that does us good. We took the three points today, that&#8217;s what we needed, and nothing else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also praised the collective strength, despite moments of pressure:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We managed to stay solid, even while scoring goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I like these situations&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the penalty action, El Mourabet explained his choice in a tight space, owning his move:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was one-on-one in the box. I like small spaces like that. I attempted the nutmeg, and I got through.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RC Strasbourg ended Lyon&#8217;s winning streak by winning at the Meinau (3-1). In this important victory, Samir El Mourabet played a crucial role in the midfield and particularly stood out by being the catalyst for the penalty that ultimately secured Strasbourg&#8217;s lead in the final quarter of the match. A complete match, and the action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[257,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-335990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france-en","8":"category-non-classifiee"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335993,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335990\/revisions\/335993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}