{"id":325042,"date":"2025-04-16T07:50:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=325042"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:17:23","slug":"bellaarouch-shines-as-morocco-edge-cote-divoire-in-penalty-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/bellaarouch-shines-as-morocco-edge-cote-divoire-in-penalty-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellaarouch Shines as Morocco Edge C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire in Penalty Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a tense semi-final clash against C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, one name stood out brilliantly: Chouaib Bellaarouch. The young Moroccan goalkeeper, a product of the Mohammed VI Football Academy, was rightfully named Man of the Match after a stellar performance at the Bachir Stadium in Mohammedia.<\/p>\n\n<p>Rock-solid throughout the 90 minutes\u2014during which he pulled off two outstanding saves\u2014the young Lion truly rose to the occasion during the penalty shootout, single-handedly denying three Ivorian attempts. His heroic display was instrumental in securing Morocco\u2019s spot in the final (4-3 on penalties), following a goalless draw in regular time.<\/p>\n\n<p>More than just a goalkeeper, Bellaarouch became a saviour, embodying the fighting spirit of this young Moroccan side. Up next: the final against Mali, with hopes of clinching a historic first continental title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a tense semi-final clash against C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, one name stood out brilliantly: Chouaib Bellaarouch. The young Moroccan goalkeeper, a product of the Mohammed VI Football Academy, was rightfully named Man of the Match after a stellar performance at the Bachir Stadium in Mohammedia. Rock-solid throughout the 90 minutes\u2014during which he pulled off two outstanding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1065],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-325042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-u17"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325042","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=325042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325043,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325042\/revisions\/325043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}