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Tunisia reaches the quarter-finals

 January 24, 2022

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Tunisia crossed to the quarter-finals of the 2021 African Nations Championship in Cameroon, after defeating Nigeria (1-0), on Sunday evening, in the eighth round of the tournament.

Youssef Msakni scored the only goal of the match in the 47th minute of the match, with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area.

With this victory, Tunisia beat Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals of the African Championship.

First half

Nigeria entered the match looking to take precedence, as Wilfried Ndidi tried in the second minute to surprise goalkeeper Bashir Ben Said with a scissor kick, but his ball went wide.

In the tenth minute, Tunisia had a valuable opportunity, and Montaser Talbi almost opened the result, but the Nigerian defense saved the situation.

This opportunity was answered by the Nigerian team in the 12th minute through Aribo, who penetrated into the regions of Tunisia and almost misled goalkeeper Ben Said had it not been for the intervention of Bilal Al-Aifa, who took the ball to a corner.

Nigeria pressured the Carthage Eagles and Chikwezi in the 16th minute almost surprised goalkeeper Ben Said, but the Tunisian defense saved the situation.

After that, playing was limited to the middle of the field, and the meeting did not witness any clear opportunities to score until the 43rd minute, which witnessed an attempt by Tayo, but the Tunisian goalkeeper saved the ball without difficulty, so that the first half ended in a goalless draw.

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Second half

Tunisia managed to open the score in the 47th minute through Youssef Msakni, who dribbled past Aina and fired a shot into the net.

After accepting the goal, the Nigeria team was panting beh ind the equalizer, and tried in the 53rd minute through Zido Sanusi, following a free-kick that goalkeeper Al-Bashir bin Said seized.

Nigeria coach Augustin pushed Alexander Iwobi in the 59th minute, but the latter received a direct red card, after returning to the video technology, 5 minutes after he came down due to a violent intervention on Msakni.

Despite the numerical shortage, the Nigeria team launched many offensive attempts in search of a draw, but goalkeeper Ben Said saved Moses Simon’s ball in the 67th minute.

In the 68th minute, Ndidi shot a ball that passed by the goal, and a minute later, Naim Al-Saliti participated in the place of Hamza Rafia, to give the Carthage Eagles a new outlet in the attack.

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In the 72nd minute, Chakwezi penetrated the Tunisian defense and aimed strongly, but his ball passed past Ben Said’s goal.

Tunisia almost added the second goal in the 75th minute, through Naim Al-Saliti, who shot hard, but the Nigerian goalkeeper saved his goal from an investigator.

And in the 78th minute, Nigeria almost equalized the result through substitute Omar Siddiq,

Who took advantage of an unsuccessful exit from goalkeeper Ben Said, but defender Bilal Al-Aifa saved the situation at the last minute.

And in the 85th minute, coach Jalal Al-Qadri, Issam Al-Jabali, took the place of Seif Al-Din Al-Jaziri and Wahbi Al-Khazri instead of Youssef Al-Masaki.

Once again, Nigeria tried to reach Tunisia’s net, where Simon Ndidi put his teammate in a suitable place to score, but the latter’s shot went wide.

In the 90+1 minute, substitute Olenka passed a golden ball to a friend who put his face to face with goalkeeper Ben Said,

But the latter miraculously missed the opportunity, as his ball passed by the goal, ending the match with the victory of the Carthage Eagles and crossing to the quarter-finals.

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