Ismail Saibari’s record (Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Scotland Vs Morocco: Morocco defeated Scotland in its second match of Group C of FIFA World Cup 2026. Morocco won this match 1-0. The only goal for them was scored by Ismail Saibari, which is also the fastest goal ever scored in the FIFA World Cup 2026. The Moroccan midfielder scored a goal against Scotland in just 70 seconds and created a new record. This is his second goal in this World Cup. He scored his first goal in Morocco’s first match of the tournament, which was played against Brazil.
Fastest goal scored in 70 seconds, this record was made
Ismail Saibari, who played an important role in the 1-1 draw against Brazil, now decided Scotland’s defeat by scoring the fastest goal of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The match between Morocco and Scotland lasted for 90 minutes but it was decided by the goal scored in the 70th second of the match. This is the fastest goal scored by Morocco in the history of the World Cup. This is also the fastest goal scored in Scotland’s goal post in a men’s World Cup match. Meaning, this is the first time that Scotland has conceded such a quick goal in the history of the tournament.
Ismail became the second African player to do so
Ismail Saibari, who wrote the story of Morocco’s victory over Scotland with the fastest goal of FIFA World Cup 2026, has now become the second African player after Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, who has scored goals in his first two World Cups.
Parents had to leave the country due to economic recession
The story of Ismail Saibari becoming a star midfielder, who played an important role for Morocco by scoring goals in back-to-back matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026, passes through 3 countries. He was born in Spain in 2001. However, his parents were from northern Morocco, who left their country and settled in Spain in search of work.
His parents lived in Spain for 18 years. The work was going well. Ismail Saibari had also started learning the tricks of football. But then the economic recession of 2008 had a strong impact on him. As a result, his parents had to leave Spain and from there they settled in Belgium, where Ismail Sibari’s football career truly began to flourish.
From Belgium, Ismail later went alone to the Netherlands, where he learned many more tricks of football. Meaning, 3 countries, 3 languages and 3 football cultures… all these together make Ismail Saibari a dangerous midfielder.
