The first goalless draw at the FIFA World Cup 2022 came courtesy of Denmark, one of the fancied sides of the tournament, and Tunisia. An enthralling fixture granted chances to both sides to take all three points, but ultimately there would be no victor.
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The best chances of the first half fell to the Tunisians – Mohamed Drager’s heavily deflected shot almost dipped in and Kasper Schmeichel pulled off an excellent save to deny Issam Jebali – but it was in the second half where the golden chance fell.
Eriksen, back to a great championship after his serious heart problem in last year’s European Championship, went into action with a shot from the front that Dahmen cleared with a great stretch. And in the subsequent corner Kristensen beat the Tunisian Defence and Cornelius did not know how to rew almost on the same goal line and the ball ended up in the post.
Already in the discount time the controversy came when the referee was called to review a play for a possible hand within the area, which would have been a penalty in favour of Denmark, but César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos did not change his criteria.
In the end, the score did not move throughout the match and with this result the two teams are left with a point.
As Andreas Christensen rose to head a corner goalwards, Andreas Cornelius dived for the ball. Whether the outcome would have been different had he led with his foot rather than his head it cannot be known, but with it seeming like an opening goal was certain it was the striker who ended up across the goal line rather than the ball.
Jesper Lindstrom’s late, swirling cross-come-shot proved the final unsuccessful sight of goal.
The 19-year-old Hannibal Mejbri became just the second teenager to play for Tunisia in a FIFA World Cup match following Yasin Chikhaoui v Saudi Arabia (14/06/2006).
Player of the Match: Aissa Laidouni, Tunisia.
By Fernando Perez (Football Analyst ,Spain )
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