{"id":65286,"date":"2025-05-05T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65286"},"modified":"2025-05-05T04:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:15:54","slug":"eagles-stand-tall-against-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/05\/eagles-stand-tall-against-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Stand Tall Against Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Flying Eagles delivered a spirited performance on Saturday, holding tournament favorites Morocco to a goalless draw in the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The result keeps both teams level at the top of Group B with four points each, setting the stage for a decisive final group game.<\/p>\n<p>The young Nigerians showed grit and discipline, shutting down Morocco\u2019s attacking efforts with a rock-solid defense and clever midfield control.<\/p>\n<p>Despite few chances on goal, the Eagles proved they are serious contenders in this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes now turn to their final group clash against Kenya. Victory there could seal a comfortable passage to the knockout rounds, and fans are hopeful the team will rise to the occasion once again.<\/p>\n<p>The journey continues, and the Eagles are soaring with confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigeria&#8217;s Flying Eagles delivered a spirited performance on Saturday, holding tournament favorites Morocco to a goalless draw in the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The result keeps both teams level at the top of Group B with four points each, setting the stage for a decisive final group game. The young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65288,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65286\/revisions\/65288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}