🏆⚽ 🇹🇳Tunisia 1-0 France 🇫🇷
Tunisia and France players compete during a Group D game of the World Cup in Qatar, November 30, 2022.
👉 An invigorated Tunisia claimed a famous victory over a French team made up mostly of backup players on Wednesday, but their 1-0 win over the reigning champions was not enough for the North Africans to progress to the World Cup knockout stages.
Tunisia, who needed to beat the already-qualified France, and Denmark to avoid defeat against Australia in the other Group D game to advance, roared onto the pitch to challenge a disjointed French side featuring nine changes from the side that beat the Danes.
But Tunisia's win against the 2018 World Cup winners failed to see the team through to the next stage after Australia defeated Denmark 1-0 and clinched second place in Group D.
Tunisia thus keep its unwanted record of not progressing from the group stage in six World Cup appearances.
French-born Wahbi Khazri lifted Tunisia to its third win in 18 matches at the finals, dribbling into the box in the 58th minute and slipping the ball past backup goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, who at 37 is the oldest Frenchman to play in a World Cup match. Tunisia’s win also ended France’s six-match winning streak at the World Cup. (REUTERS)