70
17:28
Even after the changes, the French have not found any solutions against the defensive block of the Tunisians.
67
17:26
A streaker causes the game to be briefly interrupted.
65
17:26
After the changes, Saliba sorts himself into central defense next to Konaté, while Rabiot places himself on the left in midfield and Mbappé on the left wing. Guendouzi meanwhile has switched sides and is now coming from the right.
64
17:22
Australia made it 1-0 in the parallel game, so Tunisia would have been eliminated despite the lead.
63
17:22
Substitution for France: Kylian Mbappé
63
17:22
Substitution for France with Kingsley Coman
63
17:21
Substitution for France: Adrien Rabiot
63
17:21
Substitution for France: Jordan Veretout
63
17:21
Substitution for France: William Saliba
63
17:20
Substitution for France: Raphaël Varane
60
17:20
Issam Jebali comes on as a substitute for Tunisia
60
17:20
Substitution for Tunisia: Wahbi Khazri
60
17:19
With the current standings, Tunisia would have qualified for the round of 16 in second place!
58
17:15
Tooor for Tunisia, 1-0 by Wahbi Khazri
There’s the opening goal for Tunisia! After Skhiri wins the ball, Laïdouni plays on captain Khazri, who goes a few meters, lets Varane run into space with a simple body trick and shoots in the bottom right to open the scoring.
57
17:14
Issam Jebali is currently preparing for a substitution for the Tunisians.
55
17:12
After a short treatment on and off the pitch, Fofana is able to continue.
52
17:11
Laïdouni with a chance to take the lead! The midfielder is behind Fofana after a deep pass, but Fofana goes down after a contact from Laïdouni. The Tunisian gets the ball and quickly seeks a shot, but aims just too high. Previously he had probably hit Fofana on the heel, which was not punished by the referee team.
50
17:09
After some initial difficulties, Camavinga put in an appealing performance in the left-back position, which was quite unfamiliar to him. The Real Madrid youngster wins the majority of his duels and plays a central role in the French game even when he owns the ball.
47
17:06
Khazri falls in the penalty area and demands a penalty, but Tchouaméni hit the ball. Consequently, there is no penalty for Tunisia, but Khazri does not share this opinion.
47
17:04
Despite the weak first half, Didier Deschamps continues to rely on his starting line-up.
46
17:03
The ball rolls, France opens the second round.
46
17:02
Kick-off 2nd half
45
16:54
Mid-term conclusion:
At half-time, defending champions France and outsiders Tunisia were 0-0. The French, who have not found their game at all after nine changes in their starting XI, almost fell behind after eight minutes and are lucky that Ghandri was ruled offside from a free-kick by the very conspicuous Khazri. The parallel game between Australia and Denmark is also 0-0, with this result Tunisia would be satisfied with a 1-0 win over France. Looking at the course of the game so far, this result does not seem unlikely, it remains exciting.
45
16:48
Fofana has too much space in midfield, goes a few meters and looks for a finish. However, this is blocked, whereupon France runs into a counterattack, at the end of which Khazri deducts. However, the ball goes far over it, then the referee whistles for the break.
45
16:46
Official injury time (minutes): 2
45
16:45
The first half is coming to an end.
42
16:45
Khazri gets the ball superbly played through the interface and enters the penalty area on the right. Instead of trying to finish himself, he plays the ball inwards, where France’s defense can clear before Skhiri, who has run along. However, a possible goal would not have counted anyway, Khazri was just offside when the pass went down.
40
16:41
The offensive efforts of the French have so far been largely harmless. Hardly any impetus comes from midfield and the crosses from Coman are anything but an application for a regular place in the further course of the tournament.
38
16:39
The Tunisians already had six corners in this game, but were unable to capitalize on them.
35
16:37
Captain Khazri takes heart from the second row and looks for a shot from a good 20 meters, which Mandanda definitely has his problems with. The goalkeeper lets the ball smack forward and is lucky that there is no opposing attacker lurking there.
34
16:35
After a short free-kick, Maâloul hits the ball from the left into the six-yard box, where excited central defender Ghandri is again lurking. However, Camavinga is there in time and clears the ball for a corner kick, which again brings nothing.
33
16:33
Even after a good half hour, the defending champions didn’t really find their way into the game, the more active team is still the team from Tunisia.
32
16:32
Two corners in a row for the Tunisians bring nothing.
30
16:31
After a deflected header from Slimane, Mandanda has to intervene for the first time, but has no problems with the shot.
29
4:30 p.m
Konaté can clear a flat cross from the left.
28
16:28
Yellow card for Wajdi Kechrida (Tunisia)
Kechrida correctly sees the first yellow card of the game for a foul on Camavinga.
25
16:28
First chance for the French! In a counterattack, Fofana pulls in from the right wing and plays hard on Coman, who has run with him. The outside player tries to finish with his left foot after a failed first contact, but aims quite clearly wide of the left of the goal. There was a lot more in it!
24
16:24
The French are currently trying to control the game a little more, but many mistakes and misunderstandings lead to simple ball losses again and again.
21
16:22
Konaté has shown a strong performance so far, again he can separate the busy Khazri from the ball with a fair tackle.
18
16:20
Kolo Muani regularly switches to the wing to find access to the game. So far he has had hardly any action in the center, which is also due to the courageous appearance of the North African opponent.
15
16:17
Coman kicks the first corner kick for the favorite to the first post, where Guendouzi runs in and extends the ball. In the middle, the ball can be cleared by the Tunisians to another corner kick, which, however, brings nothing.
13.
16:15
Khazri goes down in the box after a tackle with Konaté, but that’s far too little for a penalty. Referee Conger sees it similarly and decides against the whistle.
11.
16:13
Tunisia is still the more active team, the French are still struggling to get into the game due to the many changes.
8th.
16:11
And that leads to the supposed 1:0, but the assistant’s flag goes up early. Khazri swings the ball inside where Ghandri slips away and brilliantly flicks the ball over Mandanda with his right winger. The central defender was just offside, the goal is correctly not given.
7.
16:08
After a foul by Tchouaméni, Tunisia gets a free kick from the left field.
5.
16:06
The Tunisians start very actively and aggressively, they seem to have big plans for today’s game.
3.
16:05
Eduardo Camavinga, who is actually at home in central midfield, plays at left-back today. After Lucas Hernández in the first group game and his brother Theo, who replaced him in the second game, Camavinga is the third left-back in the third game for the French side today.
1.
16:01
The game begins with the Tunisians kicking off.
15:58
The two captains, Wahbi Khazri and Raphaël Varane, who now stands in for the regular captain Hugo Lloris, gather for the referee’s seat selection. It can start right away.
15:54
The teams have just entered the field.
15:41
There are six changes on the Tunisian side since the sobering loss to Australia. The hitherto harmless offensive, which has not yet scored a single goal in the course of the tournament, will be completely replaced and former Freiburg and Paderborn player Mohamed Dräger will only be on the bench for the time being. Ellyes Skhiri from 1.FC Köln, on the other hand, starts again in midfield.
15:35
In view of the rather comfortable starting position, the Équipe Tricolore have made nine changes compared to the Denmark game, only Varane and Tchouaméni remain in the starting line-up. From a German point of view, the offensive of the French is particularly interesting, where two players from the Bundesliga start with Coman from FC Bayern Munich and Kolo Muani from Eintracht Frankfurt.
15:29
For the French, on the other hand, the progress is already certain and the group victory can only be taken away from them arithmetically. In the round of 16, if they win the group, they would meet the runners-up in group C, which will be determined this evening from 8:00 p.m. According to the current status, there would be a real cracker, as none other than co-favorite Argentina is in second place in Group C.
15:20
After a 0-0 draw against Denmark and a 0-1 defeat against Australia, Tunisia are fourth in Group D with just one point. In order to reach the round of 16, coach Jalel Kadri’s team must win against today the French here. In addition, they need support in the parallel game between Australia and Denmark, where Australia must not win and Denmark should not win by a higher margin than themselves against France.
15:10
Welcome to the final group game of the defending champion from France! Coach Didier Deschamps’ team meets Tunisia at 16:00 at the Education City Stadium.