World Cup: Tunisia Break France’s 8-Year Massive Record After Famous 1–0 Win

World Cup: Tunisia Break France’s 8-Year Massive Record After Famous 1–0 Win

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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  • Tunisia have crashed out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite winning their last group game against France
  • But the African nation are now the first nation to beat the reigning world champions since 2014
  • France are the reigning champions of the world and they will want to bounce back to winning ways

Tunisia who are African giants on Wednesday evening, 30 November, recorded a famous win over France in their last group game at the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Going into this game, Tunisian players knew that a win would help their quest into qualifying for the round of 16, and they did themselves lots of good by winning.

But sadly for Tunisia, Australia recorded a win in their own encounter against Denmark and finished second on the group behind France.

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World Cup: Tunisia break France's 8-year massive record after famous 1-0 win. Photo by Ryan Pierse
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But despite not been able to qualify for the knockout stages, Tunisian fans still celebrated their win over France.

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What is the record?

According to the report on Squawka, Tunisia are now the first team to beat France in a World Cup game since Germany in the 2014 quarter-final.

Tunisia Player Silences Eduardo Camvinga

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Eduardo Camavinga made his debut at the World Cup for France in their final Group D clash against Tunisia on Wednesday afternoon.

Les Bleus have already qualified for the knockout stage after registering two victories from their first two group games.

This has allowed coach Didier Deschamps to rotate his side against the Africans at the Education City Stadium in Doha.

Kylian Mbappe, alongside his attacking partners Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele were all not included in the starting XI.

AC Milan lateral defender Theo Hernandez was also rested, and that led Camavinga to start as a left-back for the first time in his career.

In just 15 minutes of his first match at the World Cup, the Real Madrid midfielder was left trailing in his wake with the most filthy of nutmegs by Tunisia midfielder Aissa Laidouni

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