{"id":62126,"date":"2025-09-24T19:11:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:25:33","slug":"mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph","title":{"rendered":"Mayele Hat-Trick Fires Pyramids FC to Historic FIFA Triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>African champions Pyramids FC of Egypt announced themselves on the global stage with a landmark victory on Tuesday night, defeating Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al Ahli 3-1 to clinch their first-ever trophy in a FIFA competition. The spectacle unfolded at a packed King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, where the Egyptians showcased the sharpness and authority of African club football against one of Asia\u2019s most formidable sides.<\/p>\n<p>The night belonged to Congolese striker Fiston Mayele, whose clinical hat-trick sealed the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup, a new milestone in Pyramids\u2019 rise to continental dominance. Mayele struck with the composure and power that has made him one of Africa\u2019s most feared forwards, carving open the Al Ahli defense time and again.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the roars, Al Ahli struggled to keep pace with the high tempo and fluid transitions of the Egyptians. Their solitary goal provided some resistance, but Pyramids\u2019 relentless pressing and Mayele\u2019s ruthless finishing ensured that the game\u2019s balance never tilted away from the African champions.<\/p>\n<p>For Pyramids, this historic win is more than just silverware\u2014it is validation of years of investment and ambition. Having claimed domestic and continental honors, the Cairo-based side has now stepped onto the global podium with authority.<\/p>\n<p>The triumph also keeps them firmly in contention on the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2025 pathway, a tournament designed to pit the best from across confederations against one another. With Mayele in unstoppable form and confidence soaring,<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. African champions Pyramids FC of Egypt announced themselves on the global stage with a landmark victory on Tuesday night, defeating Saudi Arabia\u2019s Al Ahli 3-1 to clinch their first-ever trophy in a FIFA competition. The spectacle unfolded at a packed King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, where the Egyptians showcased the sharpness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":62125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-62126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayele Hat-Trick Fires Pyramids FC to Historic FIFA Triumph - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"African champions Pyramids FC of Egypt announced themselves on the global stage with a landmark victory on Tuesday night ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayele Hat-Trick Fires Pyramids FC to Historic FIFA Triumph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"African champions Pyramids FC of Egypt announced themselves on the global stage with a landmark victory on Tuesday night ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T19:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T20:25:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1758732718.153143.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mayele Hat-Trick Fires Pyramids FC to Historic FIFA Triumph\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-24T19:11:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T20:25:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/09\/sm_1758732718.153143.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/mayele-hat-trick-fires-pyramids-fc-to-historic-fifa-triumph\",\"name\":\"Mayele Hat-Trick Fires Pyramids FC to Historic FIFA Triumph - 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