{"id":55888,"date":"2025-04-19T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/lloyd-narrowly-holds-off-weug-to-take-thrilling-maiden-victory-in-jeddah\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T03:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T03:04:00","slug":"lloyd-narrowly-holds-off-weug-to-take-thrilling-maiden-victory-in-jeddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=55888","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBEIRUT: Morocco\u2019s U-17 national football team made history on Saturday by winning their first Africa Cup of Nations 2025 title after edging past Mali 4-2 on penalty shootouts.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe final match saw little in the way of clear chances, with both sides struggling to break the deadlock throughout 90 minutes of a goalless draw.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the second half, the Atlas Lions increased their tempo, obviously paving their way for a breakthrough, but could not hit the Malian net.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\tWith no goals to separate the two, the match went to penalties, where Morocco held their nerve.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tGoalkeeper Chouaib Bellaarouch emerged the hero, saving two spot-kicks to secure a historic victory for his teammates, winning their first continental title at the U-17 level.<br \/>\n\tWith this victory, Morocco has now conquered every single AFCON title, from U-17 to U-20, U-23 and the senior level.<br \/>\n\tOn the way to the final game, tournament hosts Morocco faced off against Cote d\u2019Ivoire in the semifinal and edged them out 4-3 on penalties following a goalless draw.<br \/>\n\tMeanwhile, runners-up Mali beat Burkina Faso 2-0 in the second semifinal.<br \/>\n\tThe Atlas Lions had topped Group A with seven points ahead of Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania. Meanwhile, Mali came second in Group D, six points behind leaders Cote d\u2019Ivoire, who led the group with seven points.\n                    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; BEIRUT: Morocco\u2019s U-17 national football team made history on Saturday by winning their first Africa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[350,5170,6112,6114,4523,263,208,6113],"class_list":["post-55888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-holds","tag-jeddah","tag-lloyd","tag-maiden","tag-narrowly","tag-thrilling","tag-victory","tag-weug"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah - Gulf Times | News by the minute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gulf News| UAE&#039;s Largest News aggregator site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Times | News by the minute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-19T03:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"371\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah - Gulf Times | News by the minute","description":"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah","og_description":"Gulf News| UAE's Largest News aggregator site","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport","og_site_name":"Gulf Times | News by the minute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786","article_published_time":"2025-04-19T03:04:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":660,"height":371,"url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"gulftimes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Gulftimesuae","twitter_site":"@Gulftimesuae","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gulftimes","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=55888"},"author":{"name":"gulftimes","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5b0f90aae48bb43165ee6e39ddc977"},"headline":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah","datePublished":"2025-04-19T03:04:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=55888"},"wordCount":234,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png","keywords":["holds","Jeddah","Lloyd","maiden","narrowly","thrilling","victory","Weug"],"articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=55888","url":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport","name":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah - Gulf Times | News by the minute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png","datePublished":"2025-04-19T03:04:00+00:00","description":"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/4593906-1228280106.png","width":660,"height":371},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2597700\/sport#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lloyd narrowly holds off Weug to take thrilling maiden victory in Jeddah"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/","name":"Gulf Times | News by the minute","description":"Largest News Aggregator in the Gulf","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Gulf News Aggregator","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#organization","name":"Gulf Times","url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Gulf Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786","https:\/\/x.com\/Gulftimesuae"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/#\/schema\/person\/4c5b0f90aae48bb43165ee6e39ddc977","name":"gulftimes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8f9c2e07a9cd7e7e7c302c8c7ce8d5e0865a0bbcc732793d6e761588fd10b03?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"gulftimes"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/gulftimes.ae"],"url":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}