FIFA World Cup 2022: In the FIFA World Cup 2022, Tunisia has won a historic 1-0 victory against France. This was the fifth match between the two teams and France got defeated for the first time. To go to the next round, Tunisia was in dire need of victory in this match. However, despite the win, Tunisia could not go to the next round due to Denmark’s defeat.
In the sixth minute of the match, Tunisia tried to enter the French goalpost through a cross, but Raphael Varane cleared the ball. Tunisia scored a goal in the eighth minute itself, but they had to stop their celebrations when the referee raised the flag and declared it off-side. In the first 20 minutes, Tunisia did not give chances to France, but after that the defending champions started making a comeback. France had a chance in the 25th minute, but Kingsley Coman could not control the ball properly. Despite all the efforts of both the teams, no goal could be scored in the first half.
Khajri scored the decisive goal in the second half
In the seventh minute of the second half, Tunisia made a brilliant attack, but this time also could not succeed in scoring. Six minutes later, Wahbi Khajri scored a brilliant goal to put Tunisia ahead 1-0. Khajri ran with the ball for about 40 yards and then dodged the defenders and scored from outside the box. Before the last 20 minutes, France fielded Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele. After the arrival of these three players, the pace of attack of France increased. Mbappe constantly kept Tunisia under pressure and continued to attack and attack.
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