Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles once again failed to soar at the 2022 Qatar Fifa World Cup on Saturday afternoon.
The Tunisians lost 1-0 to Australia to remain bottom of Group D and leave their World Cup campaign hanging by a thread.
Mitchell Duke rose the highest to head into the net the solitary goal of the game in the 23rd minute at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.
It was his 50th goal little wonder he got a bit emotional as he blew kisses to celebrate with his son watching on the terraces.
The closest the north Africans came to scoring was when Youssef Msakni’s shot bounced off the post a few minutes to break.
The Socceroos wanted to cushion the lead, but Matthew Leckie was unable to do justice to Jackie Maclaram’s delightful pass in the 70th minute.
It was Australia’s first win at the FIFA World Cup, where they started with a 4-1 loss to holders France last week.
There was more bit of history for the Socceroos, who finally earned their first clean sheet since the year 1974, according to FIFA records.
The Carthage Eagles are still searching for their first win of the tournament after having started the tournament with a draw against Denmark.
Tunisia next now face France in the last match of the group in what appears a formality for them before they certainly head back home.
Senegal are so far the only African team to have recorded a win at the tournament, with Cameroon and Ghana losing their other games, whereas Morocco could only settle for a draw against Croatia.
Australia have since moved to second place at par on three points with France, who take on the Danes in the next fixture.
STARTING LINE-UPS
Australia: Mat Ryan, Fran Karacic, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Aziz Behich; Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Riley McGree, Leckie, Duke, Craig Goodwin
Tunisia: Aymen Dahmen; Montassar Talbi, Yassine Meriah, Dylan Bronn, Mohamed Drager, Ali Abdi; Aissa Laidouni, Ellyes Skhiri; Naim Sliti, Issam Jebali, Msakni
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