{"id":26485,"date":"2026-06-25T14:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/morocco-vs-haiti-fifa-world-cup-match-result-morocco-fight-back-twice-to-knock-out-haiti-and-reach-knockout-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:56:25","slug":"morocco-vs-haiti-fifa-world-cup-match-result-morocco-fight-back-twice-to-knock-out-haiti-and-reach-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/morocco-vs-haiti-fifa-world-cup-match-result-morocco-fight-back-twice-to-knock-out-haiti-and-reach-knockout-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco vs Haiti, FIFA World Cup Match Result: Morocco fight back twice to knock out Haiti and reach knockout stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131980046,imgsize-55969,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/morocc0-2506-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Morocco vs Haiti,  FIFA World Cup Match Result: Morocco fight back twice to knock out Haiti and reach knockout stage\" title=\"AP Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Morocco survived a major scare from Haiti before securing a 4-2 victory on Wednesday, coming from behind twice to book a place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/fifa-world-cup\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> round of 32.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Substitutes Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine played crucial roles late in the match, scoring decisive goals as Morocco ended Haiti&#8217;s hopes of earning their first-ever point at the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Haiti make history with early breakthrough<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Playing in only their second World Cup and first since 1974, Haiti stunned the African champions in the 10th minute. Lenny Joseph met a delivery at the near post and cleverly flicked the ball past goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The goal carried historic significance, making Joseph Haiti&#8217;s first World Cup scorer since Emmanuel Sanon found the net more than five decades ago.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Hakimi responds, but Haiti strike again<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Morocco dominated possession after falling behind and eventually found an equaliser six minutes before halftime. <!-- -->Achraf Hakimi capitalised after Haiti goalkeeper Johny Placide failed to fully deal with a deflected cross from Bilal El Khannouss.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The level score did not last long. Just four minutes later, Wilson Isidor restored Haiti&#8217;s lead with a spectacular long-range effort that curled into the top corner, leaving Bounou with no chance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Saibari levels before the break<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The first half still had another twist left. Deep into stoppage time, Ismael Saibari finished off a Hakimi cross to make it 2-2 heading into halftime.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>It was Saibari&#8217;s third goal of the tournament and ensured Morocco remained on level terms despite a difficult opening 45 minutes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Second-half substitutes seal the win<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Morocco increased the pressure after the interval and finally took control in the closing stages. Rahimi, introduced from the bench, put his side ahead in the 78th minute when his shot took a deflection on its way into the net.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>As Haiti pushed forward in search of another equaliser, Yassine ended the contest with a goal in the 89th minute to complete the comeback and secure Morocco&#8217;s passage to the knockout rounds.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Morocco through, Haiti bow out<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>The victory saw Morocco finish second in Group C behind Brazil, who defeated Scotland 3-0 in the group&#8217;s other match. Morocco will now face the runner-up from Group F \u2014 either Netherlands, Japan or Sweden \u2014 in Guadalajara.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/>Despite the defeat, Haiti earned praise for pushing one of the tournament contenders all the way and came close to producing one of the biggest upsets of the competition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>After the match, midfielder Bilal El Khannouss admitted Morocco had not been at their best early on.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"54\"\/>&#8220;At times we lacked humility and paid the price for it. We weren&#8217;t fully committed in the duels, we gave them confidence and allowed them to grow into the game and score twice. At halftime, the coach told us we needed to be more aggressive, win the second balls and bring greater intensity to our attacking play.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"56\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/fifa-world-cup\/morocco-vs-haiti-fifa-world-cup-match-result-morocco-fight-back-twice-to-knock-out-haiti-and-reach-knockout-stage\/articleshow\/131980000.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco survived a major scare from Haiti before securing a 4-2 victory on Wednesday, coming from behind twice to book a place in the FIFA World Cup round of 32.Substitutes Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine played crucial roles late in the match, scoring decisive goals as Morocco ended Haiti&#8217;s hopes of earning their first-ever point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}