\n \ud83d\udcc5 June 6, 2026
\n \u00a0\u2022\u00a0
\n \ud83d\udc64 Henry Nigeria
\n \u00a0\u2022\u00a0
\n \ud83d\udcc1 Football
\n \u00a0\u2022\u00a0
\n \ud83d\udd51 2 min read\n <\/p>\n
Tunisia endured a bruising final preparatory match ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, falling to a comprehensive 5\u20130 defeat against Belgium in a game that exposed defensive frailties and discipline issues.<\/p>\n
The result means the North African side head into the tournament without a win in their last three outings, recording one draw and two defeats in that run.<\/p>\n
Belgium opened the scoring midway through the first half through Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard, who finished clinically to put the Europeans in control.<\/p>\n
The advantage was doubled shortly after the restart when Charles De Ketelaere struck in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n
Tunisia\u2019s hopes of a comeback were effectively ended just past the hour mark when midfielder Isma\u00ebl Gharbi was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, reducing the Carthage Eagles to ten men.<\/p>\n
With the numerical advantage, Belgium increased the pressure and ran riot in the closing stages.<\/p>\n
Kevin De Bruyne added a third goal before Dodi Lukebakio got on the scoresheet, and Alexis Raskin rounded off the emphatic win to complete the rout.<\/p>\n
Despite the heavy defeat, Tunisia will still head to the World Cup with hopes of improving on their historical record.<\/p>\n
They have been drawn in Group F alongside Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands, with their opening fixture scheduled for June 15 against Sweden.<\/p>\n
This will mark Tunisia\u2019s seventh appearance at the FIFA World Cup since their debut in 1978 in Argentina.<\/p>\n
However, the Carthage Eagles are still searching for their first-ever qualification beyond the group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcc5 June 6, 2026 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 \ud83d\udc64 Henry Nigeria \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 \ud83d\udcc1 Football \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 \ud83d\udd51 2 min read Tunisia endured…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[4736,7,3205],"class_list":["post-19484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-belgium","tag-tunisia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116704420991738033","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}