Morocco 4-2 Haiti: FIFA World Cup 2026 Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine came off the bench to help Morocco rally for a 4-2 victory over Haiti on Wednesday and erase the Caribbean nation’s hopes of a first-ever point at the World Cup.
Morocco, which became the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals four years ago in Qatar, twice came from behind against a team making its World Cup debut in 52 years.
Rahimi’s deflected shot in the 78th minute put Morocco ahead 3-2, and Yassine killed off any chance of an upset with a goal in the 89th.
Lenny Joseph’s back-heeled flick at the near post beat Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, and he became his country’s first scorer at a World Cup since Emmanuel Sanon in 1974, which was Haiti’s only other appearance at the tournament.
Morocco pushed for an equaliser, and Achraf Hakimi finally got it in the 39th minute. Haiti keeper Johny Placide managed to get a hand to Bilal El Khannouss’ deflected cross, but couldn’t prevent Hakimi from bundling the ball over the line.
Ismael Saibari made history by scoring in his third consecutive World Cup group stage match, becoming the first African player to score in each of his team’s three group games, having previously scored against Brazil and Scotland.