{"id":154340,"date":"2026-01-08T23:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154340"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:15:32","slug":"how-did-brahim-diaz-turn-afcon-into-his-own-show%f0%9f%a4%af%f0%9f%98%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154340","title":{"rendered":"How Did Brahim Diaz Turn AFCON Into His Own Show?\ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\ude31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08epa5Hx_lU?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>What\u2019s happening with Brahim Diaz at AFCON is completely unexpected. In a tournament filled with star names, it\u2019s a player who often starts on Real Madrid\u2019s bench who has become the difference-maker. With Morocco, Diaz has scored in every match he\u2019s played. When the team struggled and the game looked stuck, Diaz took over. He dropped his defender, created space from a tight angle, and fired a shot from a position that looked almost impossible. The goal changed the match and reminded many of peak Lionel Messi moments. Not long after, Real Madrid extended Diaz\u2019s contract until 2030. Now, heading into the round of 16 against Tanzania, Morocco rely heavily on him once again.<br \/>\n#football #footballnews #soccer #barcelonafootball #realmadrid #ronaldo<br \/>\n#ucl #championsleague #premierleague #laliga #bundesliga #seriea<br \/>\n#worldcup #fifaworldcup #transfernews #footballhighlights<br \/>\n#footballdaily #footballupdates #footballfans #sportsnews<br \/>\n#epl #ligue1 #fifa #uefa #goal #footballanalysis<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=08epa5Hx_lU\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s happening with Brahim Diaz at AFCON is completely unexpected. In a tournament filled with star names, it\u2019s a player who often starts on Real Madrid\u2019s bench who has become&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9571,"featured_media":154341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9571"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}