Tunisia Bow Out Of World Cup Despite 1-0 Shock Win Over France

Tunisia have been eliminated from the World Cup despite beating France 1-0 in their final group match.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Tunisia have bowed out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite claiming their first-ever victory against France thanks to Wahbi Khazri’s second-half strike.

Wahbi Khazri’s second-half goal gave Tunisia three points against France, but it wasn’t enough to send them into the World Cup’s knockout stages.

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France rounded off their World Cup group stage campaign with an unconvincing 1-0 defeat against Tunisia but still went through as winners of Group D.

Didier Deschamps made nine changes from the team, which beat Denmark with the top spot assured, with only Raphael Varane and Aurelien Tchouameni keeping their starting spots.

That meant opportunities for fringe players, including veteran goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and debutant Axel Disasi.

France turned to record-breaker Kylian Mbappe as they looked to recover a result and thought they had equalised at the death, only for Antoine Griezmann’s goal to be disallowed following a VAR check.

Tunisia had the ball in the net inside 10 minutes, with Nader Ghandri volleying home, but the offside flag saved Les Bleus.

It was a disjointed first half from the reigning world champions, though, and the underdogs continued to push after the break knowing a last-16 place wasn’t out of the question.

Shortly before the hour mark, they got their breakthrough as Wahbi Khazri found the corner with his last touch before being substituted.

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France turned to the cavalry as they chased an equaliser, with Mbappe, Griezmann, and Ousmane Dembele leaving the bench.

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