Tunisia wasted a "World Cup opportunity" and lost to Australia

• Khazri bemoans the missed opportunity achieved.

  Reuters

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Tunisia greatly complicated the task of qualifying for the second round for the first time in its history by losing 1-0 to Australia yesterday at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, in the second round of Group D in the Qatar Football World Cup.

The only goal of the match was scored by the former Saudi Al-Taawoun player, Fagiano Okayama, of Japan from the second division, Mitchell Duke, from a header (23).

Tunisia started its World Cup campaign in its sixth participation, with a valuable draw against Denmark (0-0), while Australia suffered a severe defeat against France, the defending champion, 4-1.

Tunisia's hopes of reaching the final price were greatly diminished, especially as it met world champions France in the last round.

In three confrontations between them, Australia won 3-0 in a friendly match in 1997, and Tunisia 2-0 in the Confederations Cup in 2005. Tunisia coach Jalal Al-Qadri commented on the loss, saying: “Once again we lacked offensive efficiency.

These are the rules of the ball.

At the high level, you must make the difference from half-chances.

In turn, defender Yassin Meriah said: “We liked to score, but the ball reflected us.

We missed a full half, and we did not enter the atmosphere of the match.

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