From 10, Denmark and Tunisia open Group D of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which they share with France and Australia.
The Europeans, who features Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen As a leading figure, they arrive with the illusion of being one of the surprises, having qualified as leaders of their group in the European qualifiers and been semi-finalists at Euro 2021.
For their part, the Africans are making a comeback to their second consecutive World Cup and their fifth in the last seven editions. To gain passage to the World Cup they had to beat Mali in a decisive duel, after an erratic run in qualifying.
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It will be the first World Cup match between the two
Denmark and Tunisia have never met in a World Cup before. Their only encounter was before Korea-Japan 2002, more than 20 years ago, when the Europeans won a 2-1 friendly.
Denmark, the Red Dynamite who will try to exploit all its virtues
Denmark begin their journey against Tunisia in search of a solid foundation in Qatar 2022. The team led by Kasper Hjulmand had some impressive qualifying rounds and positioned themselves as a team that no one wanted to meet.
His journey to reach the World Cup was overwhelming, as he won 9 of 10 group games and scored just 3 goals. A peculiarity is that, as in Russia 2018, he will share an area with France and Australia, but Tunisia will join instead of Peru.
On that occasion they qualified second with 5 points -beating Peru and drawing against France and Australia-, but didn’t go beyond the second round losing on penalties against Croatia. Read more.
Tunisia, from the curse of the world champions to the illusion of breaking a historic streak
Five World Cups, five eliminations from the group stage. This is the story of the Tunisian national team in the top football event, a losing streak surpassed only by Scotland (8). Today, they begin their Qatar 2022 dream with the set goal of breaking that drought, knowing that mere participation is no longer enough. Read more.
Source: Clarin
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