Tunisia vs france

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 strike ruled out by VAR in the final few seconds, still finished top of Group D, with Australia beating Denmark to join them in the Round of 16 as runners-up. With both sides making wholesale changes, it was Tunisia— needing a victory to have any hope of progressing— who made the brighter start, Nader Ghandri having an early effort ruled out by the offside flag. The African side remained on top for the remainder of the first half, although France's reshuffled attack still carried a threat, Kingsley Coman passing up the best chance of the opening period as he sliced wide having been played in by Youssouf Fofana's run. Khazri was at the heart of Tunisia's better moments throughout the opening period, Steve Mandanda parrying his shot, but the goalkeeper was beaten two minutes before the hour. Ellyes Skhiri robbed Fofana on halfway and Khazri was allowed to run straight at the heart of the France backline, skipping round Raphael Varane before placing a low left-foot shot past Mandanda. (US only) Tunisia fans are going WILD 🤯🇹🇳 Didier Deschamps responded with a triple substitution that included Kylian Mbappe, with Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele following him shortly afterwards, but France failed to significantly threaten until the final few moments. Adrien Rabiot pulled a shot wide when well...

There was no score at halftime. 53': A little high Tunisia had a handful of scoring opportunities but failed to capitalize. Its latest one came early in the second half, when midfielder 58': GOAL! Tunisia drew first blood when Khazri trickled in a goal past Mandanda, and the crowd erupted thereafter.

Tunisia are without a goal to their name and, after holding Denmark to a goalless draw in their campaign opener, they fell to a 1-0 defeat against Australia on Saturday. Tunisia have a slim chance of earning a berth in the knockout stages. They will not only need to defeat France but will also have to do so by a margin of two goals or more. This appears to be a herculean task for a team that is yet to score a goal in the competition. Tunisia vs France Head-to-Head and Key Numbers • The two teams have crossed paths five times thus far, with all meetings being friendly encounters. France have been the dominant side in these games and enjoy a 2-1 lead in wins while the spoils have been shared between the two rivals. • Since a 2-1 defeat in 1971, France are undefeated against the African team, scoring seven goals while conceding thrice in that period. • France have won their last six matches in the World Cup while Tunisia are winless in 15 of their last 16 games in the competition. • France have scored at least two goals in five of their last six games in the World Cup. Tunisia have scored two goals in two of their last four games in the competition but have failed to score in the other two. • France have the joint-second-best goalscoring record in the World Cup, alongside England (6), while Tunisia are yet to score a goal in the competition. 9 🇫🇷France have broken the champions curse🏆1998:🇫🇷Champion❌2002:Group stage exit🏆2006:🇮🇹Champion❌2010:Group stage exit🏆2010:🇪🇸Champion❌2...

Tunisia secured a famous victory as they beat much-changed reigning World Cup champions France in their Group D finale but it wasn’t enough to reach the last 16. FULL MATCH REPLAY Veteran playmaker Wahbi Khazri scored the winner for Tunisia in the second half as for two minutes they were in the last 16, but then [ MORE: France boss Didier Deschamps rested several key players including Mbappe, Griezmann, Rabiot and Dembele (who all had a big impact late on off the bench), while Giroud, Lloris and Upamecano didn’t feature at all. The French thought they had equalized through Griezmann with 14 seconds of the eight minutes of stoppage time to go but VAR chalked the goal off for offside and Tunisia got the win. [ LIVE: World Cup 2022 schedule, how to watch, scores, hub ] Tunisia finished in third place on four points in Group D, while France finished top on six points as they were above second-place Australia on goal difference. 2022 World Cup top goalscorers: Updated leaders for the FIFA World Cup Golden... Will Deschamps be happy after France rest their stars? Top spot in Group D was pretty much guaranteed and Didier Deschamps gave the majority of his key players most of this game off. Will he be happy with what he saw from the back ups? Probably not. We talk a lot about how deep this France squad is and in defense it is pretty decent. But in midfield and attack there was a big drop off and perhaps we learned from this game that Les Bleus cannot afford any more injuries after...