Tunisia bury Zambia at home in World Cup qualifier

Zambia 0 – 2 Tunisia (Khazri 8′, A Ben Slimane 90′)

The Zambia national team was on Tuesday afternoon beaten 2 – 0 at home by Tunisia in a Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying match.

A goal on either side of the half buried the Chipolopolo at home despite putting the visitors on the back-foot for the better part of the match and creating more chances.

Coach Beston Chambeshi made two changes to the starting XI bringing in Dickson Chapa and Brian Mwila for Enock Mwepu and Patson Daka who were not available for the match as they had to travel back to their bases after the game against Mauritania.

Zambia went down after Wahbi Khazri converted from the spot in the 8th minute. This was after Benedict Chepeshi was penalized for a handball in the box.

The Chipolopolo took the game to the visitors but they were poor in attack ending the half with no shot on target. The best chance fell to Dickson Chapa who saw his shot go over the bar after a good one-two with Mwila in the box.

Zambia upped their game in the second half and were looking the more likely to score. The tempo was raised further when Chambeshi made a double sub to bring in Clatous Chama and Kelvin Kampamba in the last 30 minutes.

The two substitutes combined well when Kampamba brilliantly eluded his marker to cross for Chama whose point blank header drew a reflex save from F. Ben Mustapha in the Tunisia goal.

Teenage substitute Jimmy Mukeya who replaced Prince Mumba squandered a precious chance when he ran on a through ball played by Spencer Sautu only for him to shoot wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.

Tunisia put the final nail on the head when the Zambia defense was cut open on the right in the third minute of stoppage time. Mwenya Chibwe responded well to save the initial short but Ben Slimane was on hand to slot home the rebound.

With only one team qualifying from the group, Zambia has a tall order to get to the top of the group as they remain at three points while Tunisia moves to six points.

Mauritania and Equatorial Guinea who are both without any points play later in the evening.

1. Mwenya Chibwe, 3. Benedict Chepeshi, 13. Roderick Kabwe (C), 15. Dominic Chanda, 5. Solomon Sakala, 21. Boyd Musonda (Clatous Chama), 19. Dickson Chapa, 8. Lubambo Musonda (Spencer Sautu), 14. Edward Chilufya (Kelvin Kampamba), 10. Prince Mumba (Jimmy Mukeya), 22. Brian Mwila

Tunisia Starting XI v Zambia

1. F. Ben Mustapha, 21. Hamza Mathlouth, 4. Yessine Meriah, 6. Dylan Bronn, 12. Ali Maaloul, 17. Elyess Skhiri, 14. Issa Laidouni, 13. Ferjani Sassi, 8. F Ben Youssef, 11. Seifeddine Jaziri, 10. Wahbi Khazri

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