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ISLAMABAD: Defending champions of the FIFA World Cup France suffered a major embarrassment as they lost to Tunisia 1-0 at Qatar’s Education City Stadium in their Group D match. Despite the loss, France moved into the second round as Australia defeated Denmark in the second match of the group.
In a tightly fought encounter, the contested ball possession was 20 percent while France had a 44 percent while Tunisi had a 36 percent possession percentage.
Tunisia bags unprecedented win
In the 58th minute, Wahbi Khazri scored a goal to set the North African side on the path to an unprecedented win. France came closest to an equalizer in the dying moments of the second half’s injury time with Antoine Greizmann netting the ball in the 90+8th minute. After a VAR decision, the goal was disallowed
