Tunisia kicked off their Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier with a convincing 2-0 win against Equatorial Guinea on Friday in Rades.
The Carthage Eagles were made to fight hard against a resilient Equatorial Guinea side.
Many chances from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Wahbi Khazri and Saif Eddine Khaoui, but the visitors’ defense and goalkeeper Jesus Owono stood tall against all the Tunisian attacks.
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After the break, the hosts continued to press, and finally got their deserved lead nine minutes from the restart.
Ali Maaloul cross from a corner kick found Dylan Bronn who scored past Owono to break the deadlock for Carthage Eagles.
Ellyes Skhiri doubled Tunisia lead after 78 minutes, sending a beautiful shot home.
It soon became 3-0 after skipper Khazri scored from the spot four minutes later to put the icing over Tunisia’s win cake.
Tunisia now top B with a goal difference and would travel to Zambia next week,
to confront the Chipolopolo who defeated Mauritania 1-0 away.