Tunisia beat France 1-0 in their Group E match at the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday. The only goal of the match was scored by the captain of the team, Wahbi Khajri. However, the team was eliminated from the tournament despite a win over the defending champions. She could not confirm her place for the next round. In Group E itself, Australia qualified by defeating Denmark. Australia qualified with more points than Tunisia. France had already advanced to the next round.

France’s top players were rested against Tunisia. Star striker Mbappe, including captain Hugo Lloris, did not even start. Embappé came in the 65th minute.

In the last minute of the match, French player Antoine Griezmann equalized the score line by scoring a goal, but his goal did not count due to offside.

Tunisia took the lead in the second half
After playing attacking football in the first half, Tunisia finally scored in the 59th minute of the second half. It was fired by Captain Vahbi Khajri. Laidouni passes the ball forward to Khajri. He turned and shot towards the goal which went straight into the net.

Tunisia’s captain Vahbi Khajri scored the only goal of the match. Just after scoring the goal, he was substituted by the manager.

Tunisia dominated the first half
With qualification assured, France entered the fray with their B team. All the key players of the team such as Mbappe, Dembele and Giroud were on the bench. Even team captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris did not play today. Because of this, Tunisia dominated the match in the first half. In the first half, the team took a total of 3 shots, of which two were on target. Also got a chance to take 6 corners. France, on the other hand, managed only 2 shots on goal in the first half. Not a single one of them hit the target. Overall, Tunisia played attacking football in the first half.

Now see the points table of Group D…

Starting lineup of Tunisia and France

Tunisia: (3-4-2-1) Aymen Dahmen (goalkeeper), Wajdi Kecharida, Montasar Talbi, Yassin Mariah, Ali Maouloul, Nader Ghandari, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Aissa Laidouni, Elise Skerry, Anees Slimane, Wahbi Khajri (captain).

France: (4-3-3) Steve Mandanda (goalkeeper), Axel Disassi, Raphael Varane (captain), Ibrahimo Konate, Eduardo Kamavinga, Yusuf Fofana, Au Rilian Tchoumeni, Jordan Vertout, Matteo Guendouzi, Kingsley Coman, Randle Kolo Muni.