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Tunisia won a World Cup match after 40 years, since their 3–1 victory over Mexico in 1978. Panama became the first nation since Serbia & Montenegro and Togo in 2006 to lose each of their first three World Cup games.
In the first leg at the Stade du 26 Mars in Bamako, Tunisia won 1–0 thanks to an own goal by Moussa Sissako on pressure from Msakni. As for the return match at the Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, in front of 50,000 spectators, it ended in a draw 0–0, so that the team qualified for the World Cup for the sixth time in its history.
- How Tunisia Crushed France's Tournament Momentum…
- Saliba: Tunisia Shook Us Up A Bit
- France Complain to FIFA Over Disallowed Goal
- Player of The Match - Wahbi Khazri
- Opta Stats: France's Unbeaten World Cup Run Ends
- Analysis: Bittersweet Moment For Tunisia
When changing an entire team it's hoped players given their chance make their mark, however, France lost all their early momentum from the tournament in a drab opening to the game. Tunisia sensed their opportunity and played with a verve and energy that their status of 'win or bust' encouraged them to. Khazri's wicked delivery almost led to a goal ...
France defender William Saliba admitted Les Bleus were "shaken up" by Tunisiaat the start of the match. The Arsenal defender said the wholesale changes made by Deschamps - with some players being used in unfamiliar positions - caused a rocky start to the contest. "It definitely wasn't an easy game today," Saliba said. "The team was changed, there w...
France have announced they will complain to FIFA over the "wrongly disallowed" goal from Griezmann. Les Bleusthought they had a draw when Griezmann fired home late on but the forward was called offside. Griezmann was in an offside position when a cross from the left initially came over, but he then appeared to be played back into an onside position...
It was a goal that deserved more than what Tunisia eventually got. Such was the beauty of it, Khazri and his team-mates can feel very unfortunate to be heading on the next flight out of Qatar. His goal capped an energetic performance that set the tone for his side. He backed up that vibrancy with quality - as shown by the winning goal.
France were beaten in a World Cup match for the first time since the 2014 quarter-final (0-1 v Germany), ending a run of nine games without defeat (W8 D1). They have now gone without a win in their...Tunisia only conceded one goal in their three games at the 2022 World Cup; the joint-fewest by an African team across a full group stage in the tournament, along with Cameroon in 1982 and Morocco i...This was just the third time that the reigning World Cup champions were beaten by African opposition at the tournament, with two of the three occurring with France as the holders - Cameroon 1-0 Arg...France have handed appearances to 24 different players at the 2022 World Cup - after just three games, this is already the most different players a team has used in a single tournament in World Cup...Sky Sports' Dan Long: When Griezmann's 98th-minute equaliser was ruled out after the latest of VAR calls at the Education City Stadium, there were a swell of mixed emotions for Tunisia. It was a bittersweet moment. The North African nation had, at the fifth attempt, registered their first ever win against France - the reigning world champions - and...
Nov 30, 2022 · Tunisia bowed out of World Cup 2022 despite claiming their first-ever competitive victory against France thanks to Wahbi Khazri's second-half strike. France, who had a late Antoine Griezmann...
Nov 30, 2022 · 30 November 2022. Comments. World Cup 2022: Khazri fires Tunisia to surpri win over France. By Emma Sanders. BBC Sport at Education City Stadium, Qatar. France had a goal ruled out by VAR for...
Nov 30, 2022 · News. Tunisia’s historic FIFA World Cup win over France - in pictures. Despite a historic win over France, Tunisia was knocked out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after finishing third in Group D after...
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Nov 30, 2022 · Wahbi Khazri’s second-half strike was not enough to take Tunisia into the knockout stage. Updated 30 Nov 2022. Wahbi Khazri scores the goal as Tunisia overcome world champions France....
