Tunisia achieved an exciting victory (1-0) in the last moments on its home ground, on Thursday evening, against Madagascar in its first match in the group stage of Qualifying To the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which was held at the Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi in Rades.
Almost selectedCarthage Eagles“He failed to please his fans, when he was only seconds away from getting a single point in the first round against Madagascar, amidst great disappointment that dominated everyone, but Ferjani Sassi surprised everyone with a killer goal in the last moments.
Despite relying on the attacking trio Hamza Rafia, Saif Allah Al-Latif and Ali Youssef, the Tunisian national team, led by coach Faouzi Benzarti, faced major problems up front, and seemed largely unable to score against the opponent.
Tunisia national team achieves an exciting victory
The players of the national team adopted Madagascar On physical strength in order to stop the skill of the Tunisian stars, and they ended up with Ibrahim Amada in minute (36), Arnaud in minute (49) and Sonny Leighton in minute (90) receiving yellow cards.
In the final minutes of the match, the Carthage Eagles resorted to individual solutions in order to try to snatch a goal against their opponents, all of which failed, while counterattacks were a dangerous weapon used by the Madagascar players that almost cost the Tunisians a lot in the match, most notably Ryan Ravelloson’s one-on-one with the Tunisian goal before Ferjani Sassi’s brilliant intervention.
Faouzi Benzarti tried to rearrange the Tunisian team’s papers after several changes, but these attempts did not achieve success, as the entire team appeared in an unsuccessful physical condition, while its players demanded a penalty kick in the last seconds after the ball touched the hand of one of the defenders, but the referee demanded that the player continue in the absence of the video technology “VAR”.
While everyone was waiting for the final whistle, Ferjani Sassi, the undisputed star of the match, provided an exciting surprise by scoring a killer goal for the Tunisian national team in the (90+8) minute after receiving a cross in the air and shooting it with full force into the Madagascar national team’s net.
With this result, the Tunisians topped Group 1 with 3 points, ahead of Gambia and Comoros, who tied 1-1, while Madagascar is at the bottom of the standings with no points after losing to the Carthage Eagles.
It is worth noting that the Tunisian national team seeks to appear in the African Cup of Nations for the 22nd time in the history of the continental championship, while it dreams of winning its second title in the competition, after its only title in 2004 after beating Morocco in the final match by two goals to one.
