Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine came off the bench to help Morocco rally for a 4-2 victory over Haiti on Wednesday in Atlanta and erase the Caribbean nation’s hopes of a first ever point at the World Cup.
Morocco twice came from behind against a team playing at soccer’s biggest tournament for the first time 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.
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