After three victories in three matches, the Carthage Eagles marked a stop during the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Faced with Namibia, Tunisia was out of the blow and could never take the ascendant.
The Tunisian selection was satisfied with a draw (0-0), this Sunday, June 9 at the Orlando stadium in Johannesburg in South Africa, against Namibia as part of the 4th day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
From the first minutes, the Namibians were dangerous with a first opportunity in 3 ‘and a second opportunity in the 5th when the ball passes above the transversal of Bechir Ben Said.
Transparent Tunisia
At the 14 ‘, following a free kick in favor of the Namibians, the local team opens the scoring but the goal is refused to Namibia after a fault on Bechir Ben Said. The goal seemed valid but in the absence of Var and in doubt, the Mauritanian referee Dahane Beida decides to cancel him.
This does not have the effect of making a move to the morale of the Namibian players, who continue their assaults towards the cages of Ben Saied. At the same time, Tunisia remains in an inexplicable lethargy and demonstrates a lot of feverishness especially in the middle.
The 1st half ends with a virgin score. A half-time during which Namibia was more enterprising than Tunisia at very timid or even catastrophic yield. The Carthage Eagles have shown a lot of passivity and slowness in the game with a blatant lack of aggressiveness and an obvious disagreement between the lines.
Technical and tactical limits
The second half is a continuation of the first with a Tunisian team, very technically and too slow in transitions, which still lacks so much will and aggressiveness.
If the first half was low in terms of game, the second was its compliant copy. Faced with Namibia ultimately was doing well by tearing off the point of the draw.
Tunisia training: Bechir Ben Said, Yassine Meriah, Montassar Talbi, Ali Abdi, Hamza Mathluthi, Ellyes Skhiri, Nader Ghandri (Ghaylene Chaalali 43 ‘), Elias Achouri, Elias Saad (Mortadha Ben Ouannes 56’), Hamza Rafia (Wajdi Sehli 89 ′) Jouini
Results and classification
1st day
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 (0-2) Namibia
Tunisia 4-0 Sao Tomé-et-Principe
Liberia 0-1 Malawi
2nd day
Sao Tomé-et-Principe 0-2 Namibia
Malawi 0-1 Tunisia
Liberia 0-1 (2-0) Equatorial Guinea
3rd day
Namibia-Liberia 1-1
Tunisia-Equatorial Guinea 1-0
Malawi-Sao Tomé-et-Principe 3-1
4th day
Sao Tomé-et-Principe-Liberia 0-1
Namibia-Tunisia 0-0
Monday June 10 at 2:00 p.m.: Equatorial-Malawi Guinea
Classification
Tunisia 10 points
Namibia 8 points
Liberia 7 points
Malawi 6 points (-1)
Equatorial Guinea 0 point (-1)
Sao Tomé-et-Principe 0 point
