{"id":333802,"date":"2025-12-22T00:43:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=333802"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:44:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:44:45","slug":"brahim-diaz-named-man-of-the-match-the-lion-of-the-atlas-shines-in-his-can-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/brahim-diaz-named-man-of-the-match-the-lion-of-the-atlas-shines-in-his-can-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahim Diaz named man of the match: The Lion of the Atlas shines in his CAN debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brahim Diaz was named man of the match by CAF after Morocco&#8217;s victory over Comoros (2-0) in the opening match of CAN 2025. The Real Madrid midfielder, who scored the tournament&#8217;s first goal in the 55th minute, was decisive in a match that was tightly contested for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Versatile and impactful, Diaz earned a penalty in the first half (missed by Rahimi) and constantly troubled the Comorian defense. His powerful shot from the penalty spot, following a pass from Mazraoui, liberated the Lions of the Atlas and the entire stadium.<\/p>\n<p>At 26 years old, Brahim is confirming his importance in the Moroccan national team, now with 9 goals in 19 appearances. &#8220;There was a lot of pressure, but we managed to stay patient,&#8221; he said after the match. This performance perfectly kicks off his tournament and strengthens Morocco&#8217;s ambitions for the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brahim Diaz was named man of the match by CAF after Morocco&#8217;s victory over Comoros (2-0) in the opening match of CAN 2025. The Real Madrid midfielder, who scored the tournament&#8217;s first goal in the 55th minute, was decisive in a match that was tightly contested for a long time. Versatile and impactful, Diaz earned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[1288],"class_list":{"0":"post-333802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-en","8":"tag-brahim-diaz-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333802","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=333802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333804,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333802\/revisions\/333804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}