Morocco escapes Haiti trap with a thrilling four-goal victory

Morocco concluded their 2026 World Cup group stage campaign with a hard-fought 4-2 victory over Haiti in a thrilling match played early Thursday morning as part of the third and final round of Group C fixtures. The Atlas Lions' goals came from Achraf Hakimi (39'), Ismail Saïbari (45+1'), Soufiane Rahimi (78'), and Yassine Jassim (89'). Haiti's goals were scored by Yassine Bounou (own goal, 10') and Wilson Isidore (43'). With this result, Morocco finished second in Group C with 7 points, behind Brazil on goal difference, after drawing with the Seleção and then securing a valuable 1-0 win against Scotland. Haiti finished bottom of the group with no points after suffering defeats to Scotland and Brazil in their first two matches.