Mali Suffer Embarrassing Home Defeat Against Tunisia in 1st Leg of 2022 World Cup Play-offs

• Moussa Sissako scored an own goal on Friday evening, 25 March, as Mali suffered a 1-0 home defeat against Tunisia
• The encounter was in the first leg of their 2022 World Cup play-offs as Tunisia now have upper hands to qualify.
• This is also the first time that Mali will be suffering a defeat in the World Cup qualifiers and losing at home was painful

Mali national football senior team on Friday evening, 25 March, suffered an embarrassing 1-0 home defeat against Tunisia in the first leg of their 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs.

Playing in front of their fans and considering their superb run in the World Cup qualifiers, Malian fans were expecting a good result from their players, but they were defeated.

The home team started this encounter impressively looking for an early goal, but Tunisian defence were determined not to give any room that would to them conceding a goal.

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After 15 minutes of play, Tunisians changed their styles of play to more attacking one and it paid off in the 36th minute when Moussa Sissako scored an own goal.

Four minutes after netting an own goal, Moussa Sissako was red carded by the center referee for a bad tackle.

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Tunisia held on thanks to the own goal scored by Moussa Sissako which gave them a 1-0 away win and would brighten their chance to qualify for the World Cup should they fail to lose in the return leg.

Super Eagles Manager Augustine Eguavoen Likens His Coaching Style to Man City’s Pep Guardiola

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Caretaker coach of the Super Eagles, Augustine Eguavoen has shed light on his coaching style ahead of the impending World Cup play-offs between Ghana and Nigeria.

Eguavoen, who is the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, will lead the Super Eagles for the all-important doubleheader as interim coach.

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The 56-year-old tactician who is in his third stint as Nigeria boss earlier led his country to the 2021 AFCON, where the Super Eagles dazzled at the group stages with some eye-pleasing football but failed to travel far in the competition.

Opening up on his style of coaching, Eguavoen likened his style to former FC Barcelona trainer Pep Guardiola, who is famous for the Tiki-Taka brand of football.