{"id":505489,"date":"2026-09-28T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/lesotho-morocco-issa-diop-enthusiastic-ahead-of-the-match-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:45:37","slug":"lesotho-morocco-issa-diop-enthusiastic-ahead-of-the-match-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/lesotho-morocco-issa-diop-enthusiastic-ahead-of-the-match-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho-Morocco: Issa Diop enthusiastic ahead of the match in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the next appointment for the Atlas Lions approaches, Issa Diop spoke about his experience in South Africa. The Moroccan defender, who is visiting the country for the first time, is particularly motivated to take on this new challenge with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my first time in South Africa, it&#8217;s new for me, but I am very excited to take on this challenge,&#8221; said Issa Diop, aware of the unique aspects that come with matches played on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>The defender also knows that the Moroccan team will need to perform at its best to achieve its goal. &#8220;I know that matches here are difficult, and we aim to perform at the highest level and secure the victory,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>An ambitious message as the Lions of the Atlas prepare for their next match, determined to continue their campaign with another positive result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the next appointment for the Atlas Lions approaches, Issa Diop spoke about his experience in South Africa. The Moroccan defender, who is visiting the country for the first time, is particularly motivated to take on this new challenge with the national team. &#8220;This is my first time in South Africa, it&#8217;s new for me,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":505483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1610,1581,1422],"maw_player":[],"class_list":["post-505489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-equipe-a","tag-equipe-du-maroc","tag-issa-diop","tag-lions-de-latlas-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505489","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505491,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505489\/revisions\/505491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505489"},{"taxonomy":"maw_player","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/maw_player?post=505489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}