Tunisia beat Morocco on penalties to secure semis spot
The young
Carthage Eagles of Tunisia beat their rivals Morocco 4-1 on post-match penalties at the Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou to qualify for the semi-finals of the Total Africa U-20 Cup of Nations, Mauritania 2021.
Elias Imed Damergy was the Tunisians hero of the match, the shot stopper saved Mehdi Moubarikâs spot kick before Oussama Zemraoui hit the post to give Tunisia the bragging rights in the derby.
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The highly talked about North Africa derby failed to march its pre match billing as the two sides showed a lot respect to each in Nouadhibou.
Central African Republic stun Tunisia, both qualify to U-20 AFCON quarters
Two goals within a minute early in the first half propelled debutants Central Africa Republic (CAR) to the quarter finals of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations after a hard earned 2-1 victory over Tunisiaâs young
Carthage Eagles at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott on Sunday.
The result saw CAR finish second in Group B with four points, same like Tunisia who came third on head to head basis.
Tunisia however squeezed through into the last eight as they are assured of finishing as one of the best two third placed teams.