Brave Tunisia out despite brilliant win over France

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Tunisia produced one of the shocks of the World Cup so far as they beat France 1-0.

Table-toppers France made nine changes here as Didier Deschamps used this opportunity to give his squad players a go at this World Cup.

But it was Tunisia who were doing most of the playing early on as Wahbi Khazri whipped in a corner that unsettled goalkeeper Steve Mandanda.

With seven minutes gone Tunisia had the ball in the back of the net but Nader Ghandri’s goal was disallowed for offside.

Les Bleus finally woke up from their slumber and had their best chance on 25 minutes as Kingsley Coman saw his effort go wide.

Into the second half and Tunisia had a penalty appeal waved away almost immediately as Eduardo Camavinga challenged Khazri from behind.

But they got their goal on 58 minutes as Khazri netted one of the best individual goals of the tournament so far as he jinked past two defenders and slotted one in past the goalkeeper.

France opted to put the big names on now as Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann made their way on to the pitch.

And one of those big names, Griezmann, thought he had scored in the 99th minute but had his effort chalked off for offside.