{"id":2444,"date":"2026-06-20T10:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2026-06-20T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:06:29","slug":"saibari-screamer-seals-morocco-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/saibari-screamer-seals-morocco-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Saibari screamer seals Morocco victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

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Saibari screamer seals Morocco victory<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Watch highlights of the match between Scotland and Morocco played at Boston Stadium on Friday 19 June at 18:00 (local time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Atlas Lions striker netted the team\u2019s fastest-ever World Cup to get their North American campaign up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotland 0-1 Morocco<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Morocco<\/a> took an early lead over Scotland <\/a>at Boston Stadium and never looked back. The Atlas Lions\u2019 <\/em>solitary goal came courtesy of Ismael Saibari, who ran past the Scottish back line, brought down a well-weighted ball from Brahim Diaz and slammed the ball past Angus Gunn and into the roof of the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saibari\u2019s finish was a record breaker: the fastest so far at FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/a> and Morocco\u2019s fastest ever at the global showpiece. The victory leaves Morocco with four points and sitting atop Group C ahead of Brazil\u2019s game in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the break, the game\u2019s back-and-forth momentum continued. Saibari came close to a second, hitting a deflected shot off the bar after Bilal El Khannouss broke down the left wing and whipped in a low cross.Morocco came close again moments later when El Khannouss nearly flicked home a near post corner from Achraf Hakimi, only to be denied by Gunn again.Scotland gained the ascendancy in the final 15 minutes. John McGinn, Ben Gannon-Doak and Scott McTominay attacked in waves as the Tartan Army willed them toward an equaliser, however time ran out as the Atlas Lions hung on for a crucial victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Saibari screamer seals Morocco victory Watch highlights of the match between Scotland and Morocco played at Boston Stadium on Friday 19 June at 18:00 (local time). The Atlas Lions striker netted the team\u2019s fastest-ever World Cup to get their North American campaign up and running. Scotland 0-1 Morocco Morocco took an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skychatz.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}