Morocco come back after historic Haiti goals to reach World Cup last 32

Despite bowing out without a point in their first World Cup since 1974, Haiti twice led against 2022 semifinalists Morocco.Morocco twice overcame the shock of conceding to Haiti to win a World Cup thriller 4-2 in Atlanta, but missed out on the top spot in Group C to Brazil.Haiti bowed out with their first World Cup goals in 52 years, as a Yassine Bounou own goal and Wilson Isidor’s stunning strike twice gave them the lead on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Paraguay’s Almiron handed one-match suspension for covering mouthlist 2 of 4Ghana’s Partey gets handshake snub and boos in England matchlist 3 of 4Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in six World Cupslist 4 of 4World Cup: Top 10 takeaways from the second round of the group stageend of listAchraf Hakimi and Ismael Saibari, with his third goal in as many games at the World Cup, levelled before half-time.Soufiane Rahimi was nearly brought to tears when the 30-year-old’s deflected effort found the top corner to give Morocco the lead, before Gessime Yassine rounded off the scoring.Soufiane Rahimi of Morocco celebrates scoring his team’s third goal [Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFP]But Morocco missed out on the top spot in the group to Brazil on goal difference, meaning they will head to Monterrey for a likely meeting against the Netherlands or Japan on Monday.Despite bowing out without a point, Haiti’s performances at their first World Cup since 1974 have done a nation gripped by poverty proud.Les Grenadiers were already eliminated after losing to Scotland and Brazil, but the thousands of Haitian expats in the stands in Atlanta were undeterred as every attack was met with deafening cheers.Morocco boss Mohamed Ouahbi made four changes to the side that had impressed in holding Brazil and beating Scotland in their opening two games, and the Atlas Lions started sloppily.Haiti’s long wait for a goal on the global stage was ended after just 10 minutes, when Jean-Kevin Duverne got to the byline, and Lenny Joseph flicked the resulting cross into the net via a deflection off Bounou.