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Mali

FIFA #53
Round of 16
YES!
Mali beat Tunisia (3–2 on penalties)
Tunisia 1 – 1 Mali
FT-Pens · Sat, Jan 3

Match Details

Mohamed V Stadium (Casablanca) · 41,982 fans · beIN Sports View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Mali 1(3), Tunisia 1(2).
  • 120'Penalty Shootout ends, Mali 1(3), Tunisia 1(2).
  • 120'Goal! Mali 1(3), Tunisia 1(2). El Bilal Touré (Mali) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 120'Penalty saved. Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Djigui Diarra (Mali).
  • 120'Goal! Mali 1(2), Tunisia 1(2). Gaoussou Diakite (Mali) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  • 120'Penalty saved. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Djigui Diarra (Mali).
  • 120'Penalty missed! Still Mali 1(1), Tunisia 1(2). Dorgeles Nene (Mali) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
  • 120'Goal! Mali 1(1), Tunisia 1(2). Elias Saad (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 120'Goal! Mali 1(1), Tunisia 1(1). Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 120'Penalty missed. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) left footed shot is just a bit too high.
  • 120'Penalty missed. Yves Bissouma (Mali) right footed shot is too high.
  • 120'Goal! Mali 1, Tunisia 1(1). Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

Line Score

12345T
TUN 01002 1
MLI 01003 1

Match Leaders

Tunisia
Mali

Penalty Shootout

Tunisia · 2/5

  1. Yassine Meriah
  2. Ali Abdi
  3. Elias Saad
  4. Elias Achouri
  5. Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane

Mali · 3/5

  1. Yves Bissouma
  2. Lassine Sinayoko
  3. Nene Dorgeles
  4. Gaoussou Diakité
  5. El Bilal Toure

Key Events

118'Ibrahima Sissoko (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
117'Substitution, Mali. Hamari Traoré replaces Lassana Coulibaly because of an injury.
111'Substitution, Tunisia. Mohamed Ben Ali replaces Yan Valery.
110'Substitution, Mali. Ibrahima Sissoko replaces Aliou Dieng.
109'Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
103'Dorgeles Nene (Mali) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6'Goal! Mali 1, Tunisia 1. Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
90'+2'Substitution, Mali. Gaoussou Diakite replaces Amadou Dante.
90'+2'Substitution, Mali. El Bilal Touré replaces Mamadou Sangaré.
90'+2'Mohamed Ben Romdhane (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
88'Goal! Mali 0, Tunisia 1. Firas Chaouat (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Elias Saad with a through ball.
85'Firas Chaouat (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85'Substitution, Tunisia. Mohamed Ben Romdhane replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
70'Substitution, Tunisia. Firas Chaouat replaces Hazem Mastouri.
70'Substitution, Tunisia. Elias Saad replaces Ismaël Gharbi.
60'Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
57'Substitution, Mali. Dorgeles Nene replaces Mahamadou Doumbia.
45'Substitution, Tunisia. Elias Achouri replaces Hadj Mahmoud.
26'Woyo Coulibaly (Mali) is shown the red card.
23'Hadj Mahmoud (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17'Yves Bissouma (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12'Substitution, Tunisia. Yassine Meriah replaces Dylan Bronn because of an injury.
7'Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
4'Mahamadou Doumbia (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

TunisiaMali
General
72.2 Possession % 27.8
13 Shots 8
4 On Target 1
4 Offsides 1
11 Corners 4
29 Fouls 12
Passing & Defense
547 Passes Completed 140
4 Crosses Won 2
8 Tackles Won 18
5 Interceptions 16
20 Clearances 36
Discipline
6 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 1
0 Saves 3

Recent Form

Mali W D D D D
Tunisia D W W L D

Starting Lineups

Tunisia4-2-3-1
16 Dahmen
20 Valery 6 Bronn 3 Talbi 2 Abdi
17 Skhiri 13 Sassi
11 Gharbi 15 Hadj Mahmoud 10 Mejbri
9 Mastouri
17 Sinayoko 90'+6'
8 Doumbia 10 Bissouma 20 Sangare
23 Dieng 11 Coulibaly
3 Dante 25 Camara 5 Diaby 26 Coulibaly
16 Diarra
Mali4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Mali

  1. DD #16 Djigui DiarraG
  2. OC #25 Ousmane CamaraCD-L
  3. AD #5 Abdoulaye DiabyCD-R
  4. AD #3 Amadou DanteLB
  5. WC #26 Woyo CoulibalyRB
  6. YB #10 Yves BissoumaAM
  7. AD #23 Aliou DiengLM
  8. LC #11 Lassana CoulibalyRM
  9. LS #17 Lassine SinayokoF90'+6'
  10. MD #8 Mahamadou DoumbiaAM-L
  11. MS #20 Mamadou SangareAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Tunisia

  1. AD #16 Aymen DahmenG
  2. MT #3 Montassar TalbiCD-L
  3. DB #6 Dylan BronnCD-R
  4. AA #2 Ali AbdiLB
  5. YV #20 Yan ValeryRB
  6. MH #15 Mohamed Hadj MahmoudAM
  7. FS #13 Ferjani SassiLM
  8. ES #17 Ellyes SkhiriRM
  9. HM #9 Hazem MastouriF
  10. HM #10 Hannibal MejbriAM-L
  11. IG #11 Ismaël GharbiAM-R
Substitutes · 6 used

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D 1–1 at Morocco L 0–2 at Iran D 0–0 at Russia L 0–1 vs Senegal Quarterfinals D 1–1 vs Tunisia Round of 16 D 0–0 at Comoros D 1–1 at Morocco D 1–1 vs Zambia W 2–0 vs Nigeria L 1–2 vs Ivory Coast Quarterfinals