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Tunisia ended the Madagascar Fairytale African Nations Cup played in the quarterfinals on Thursday with a 3-0 win over the tournament's starters in Cairo.
Ferjani Sbadi's heavily deflected strike gave Tunisia the lead early in the second half match at Al Salam Stadium and Youssef Msakni managed to get home a second after 60 minutes.
Naim Sliti added a third overtime goal to allow Tunisia to play semifinal with Sadio Mane of Senegal. The Carthage Eagles will be in the last four games for the first time since winning their only title in the 2004 edition.
Tunisian coach Alain Giresse recalled striker Wahbi Khazri, the only player on the team who defeated Ghana in the last 16 shots on goal, while Marco Ilaimaharitra returned from suspension while Madagascar lined up the same team. during the group stage.
Tunisia, the continent's 25th-ranked country on the continent, had reached the quarter-finals without having won a single game after four consecutive draws.
After the matches in Suez and Ismailia, it was a first outing to Cairo for the Carthage Eagles, who controlled possession early but did not really threaten until Khazri's free kick was beautifully hit on the bar by the Madgate keeper Melvin Adrien.
Ghailene Chaalali forced Adrien to fend off a clumsy low shot while Mouez Hbaden, apologetic after his angry reaction after being replaced before the shooting in the last round, was largely untouched by a long-range effort of Ibrahim Amada.
Madagascar was trying to become the first newcomer since South Africa in 1996 to reach the semi-finals, but their hopes went out every hour.
Khazri saw a goal denied for the goal just after half-time, but Sbadi hit a few minutes later when his direct shot from the edge of the box hit Thomas Fontaine and pbaded a helpless Adrien.
Msakni then quickly doubled the advantage of Tunisia by jumping on a rebound to slide the ball beyond Adrien a few moments after countering a shot from Khazri.
Charles Andriamahitsinoro, who scored twice for Madagascar in the group stage, appeared to be on goal after a long flat attack but failed to make a shot. Amada was not able to reproduce his shimmering shot of the encounter between the DRC and Congo as he sliced away.
It was the first competitive encounter between the countries for nearly two decades and, as Nicolas Dupuis turned Madagascar from a team that was ranked 190th, Sliti's late goal was the end of a remarkable adventure for Barea.
(AFP)
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