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Published: June 29, 2018 3:22:16
Khazri added the second goal in the 66th minute, running without scoring on a center to get an open goal. (Source: Reuters)
Tunisia won its first World Cup victory in 40 years with a 2-1 win against Panama's debutants on Thursday, but coach Nabil Maaloul said the Arab nations had still a long way to go.
Tunisia was 1-0 at half-time in the last Group G game at Saransk, despite a better game. Fakhreddine Ben Yousseff equalized just after the restart with a perfect goal and Wahbi Khazri scored second to end the long drought of Tunisia
The result provided some justification to North Africans, whom coach Nabil Maaloul had recognized before demoralization After the defeats of England and the Belgium
Panama was hard to compete for the first time in the World Cup and for fans of the Monrovia Arena who could have dreamed of a historic victory
. "We wanted to snatch this win, and I wanted to score, and I did." Tunisia played football, but Panama took the lead after a shot by José Luis Rodriguez who deflected Tunisian defender Ybadine Meriah in the 33rd minute for a goal from Tunisia own goal
Having missed several chances in the first half, Tunisia took six minutes to badert after the restart. Khazri for the lead
Khazri added the second goal in the 66th minute, running without scoring on a low center to open a shot on goal.
captain Roman Torres, who had organized well the defense, left with an injury at the beginning of the second half
ANXIOUS MOMENTS
Still, they pushed the EQ and caused disturbing moments for Tunisia. the killer instinct.
Both team They had already been eliminated from the tournament before the match started, both having lost to England and Belgium. But the fiery duel and fervor of the more than 37,000 fans of the Mordovia Arena have denied the idea that it was a useless match between two humble nations.
The Carthage Eagles, who were playing their fifth appearance in the World Cup final, He has not won a match since he defeated Mexico in Argentina in 1978 to become the first country African to win a tournament victory.
"Maybe in the second game we should have been better, our performance against England was very good … we should have been more defensive against Belgium," said coach Tunisia, Maaloul.
Tunisia joined Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt to escape the group stage. But coach Hernan Gomez says Panama learned mbadively from the experience in Russia
"We were much more at the level in this match than in others". He said:
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