Tunisia beats a France of substitutes 1-0 that goes first to 8th.

A France full of substitutes lost 1-0 against Tunisia, this Wednesday in Doha, a defeat that does not prevent Les Bleus, current world champions, from reaching first place in group D, in which Australia also qualified for the round of 16 after winning 1-0 to Denmark.

Tunisia says goodbye to the World Cup with a prestigious victory, thanks to a solitary goal by captain Wahbi Khazri (58), and 4 points, while France and Australia, tied at 6 points but with a better goal difference for the French (+3 by -1) they already expect a rival in the round of 16.

Denmark, one of the disappointments of the World Cup, says goodbye after adding a single point.

France had already qualified and, barring catastrophe, had first place assured, so Les Bleus coach Didier Deschamps decided to rest nine of his usual eleven starters, including his two stars Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann and his goalscorer Olivier Giroud. .

Mbappé and Griezmann on the bench
The North African team, which needed a win to advance in the tournament, started the game by pressing Les Bleus and took the lead with a goal from Nader Ghandri, but it was annulled by VAR due to a teammate’s offside (8). .

The Tunisian team barely allowed the French to maneuver, who did not find a way to reach the opposite goal with danger until minute 25, in a counter culminating with a pass through the hole from Youssouf Fofana to Kingsley Coman that the Bayern Munich winger threw out , in what was the only French shot on goal in the entire first half.

With the presence in the stadium of the tennis player Ons Jabeur, the most internationally known Tunisian athlete, and led by the public mostly in favor of the North Africans, Tunisia kept pushing and the veteran Steve Mandanda saved what could have been the first goal of the match , first in a shot by Anis Ben Slimane (32) and shortly after by Wahbi Khazri (36).

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After the break, the picture remained the same: France tried to defend themselves with the ball and Tunisia looked for the goal, which could have come with a high shot from Laidouni (52).

Khazri’s goal
The prize for the North Africans came after a ball recovered from Fofana in midfield and which Khazri converted to make it 1-0 after beating two defenders and beating Mandanda (58) from below.

The joy did not last long for the Tunisians, as a few kilometers from the Education City Stadium, in Al Janoub State, Australia scored shortly after against Denmark and regained second place in the group.

Deschamps, in addition, stopped testing and went for the game giving entry to headlines like Mbappé, Griezmann, Rabiot, Dembele. The French dominance intensified and the Tunisians fell back to defend the advantage.

The last minutes were a French siege, but neither Dembele (81), nor Rabiot (85), nor Mbappé (89), nor Kolo Muani (89) hit the goal defended by Aymen Dahmen.

Griezmann did do it in discount (90+8), but the goal was disallowed for offside by the Atlético de Madrid striker at the start of the play.

At that time, the Tunisians were more attentive to television to see if a miracle came… which did not.

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