Tunisia Become First Arab Side to Lose at FIFA World Cup

Tunisia lost 5-1 to Sweden in their Group F opener, becoming the first Arab team defeated at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Tunisia became the first Arab team to lose at the 2026 World Cup after a 5-1 defeat to Sweden in their Group F opener in Monterrey.

Yasin Ayari, who was born to parents of Tunisian and Moroccan descent, scored twice for Sweden, opening the scoring in the seventh minute and adding the fifth goal in stoppage time. milkshakeslot.online

Alexander Isak made it 2-0 in the 30th minute before Omar Rekik pulled one back for Tunisia shortly before half-time.

Viktor Gyokeres restored Sweden’s two-goal lead in the 60th minute, and Mattias Svanberg added the fourth in the 86th minute.

The defeat left Tunisia bottom of Group F after the opening round of matches. Sweden moved to three points, while the Netherlands and Japan drew 2-2 earlier in the group.

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They became the first Arab side to lose in this edition of the tournament. Qatar drew 1-1 with Switzerland, while Morocco drew 1-1 with Brazil in their opening matches.

Tunisia will next face Japan before ending the group stage against the Netherlands.

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Four-time winners Germany thrashed World Cup debutants Curacao 7-1 in their first group game on Sunday.

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Seattle: Belgium and Egypt drew 1-1 in their World Cup opener on Monday after a second-half Belgian equalizer spoiled Mohamed Salah's 34th birthday.

Emam Ashour opened the scoring early in the first half in Seattle, before Romelu Lukaku came off the bench after the hour to force Egypt's Mohamed Hany into an own goal.

With the draw, seven-time Africa Cup of Nations champions Egypt's wait for a first victory at a World Cup goes on.

This is their fourth participation in the global showpiece and with Group G fixtures to come against Iran and New Zealand, they will hope to break that hoodoo in North America.

For Belgium, this tournament is likely the last chance for the remnants of their golden generation to better their third-placed finish in Russia eight years ago and finally win silverware.

Veterans Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois and Lukaku are the main protagonists of that group still involved in Rudi Garcia's squad.

With all eyes in the Pacific Northwest on Salah and De Bruyne, it was the ex-Manchester City playmaker that created the first moment of note in the match when he dragged a sharp effort narrowly wide in the seventh minute.

However, it was Ashour who upstaged the pair just before the hydration break when he received the ball in a similar position to De Bruyne but his sweetly-struck effort left Courtois no chance as it whistled into the bottom-right corner.

It was just the second time in their history that Egypt had taken the lead in a World Cup match -- after Salah opened the scoring in a 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia in 2018.

De Bruyne came within inches of levelling early in the second period when he whipped a close-range free-kick over the Egyptian wall, only to see it rocket off the outside of the post.

Salah responded at the other end as he ghosted into the box but had his downward header punched away by Courtois with Ashour getting his follow-up effort all wrong.

The match became stretched as both sides came close on a couple of occasions, including a screaming left-footed volley by Belgian captain Youri Tielemans.

With 65 minutes gone, Rudi Garcia decided to send on Lukaku.

The change immediately paid dividends as Belgium's all-time top goalscorer showed his predatory instincts to dash in on a Thomas Meunier cross, with his presence enough to destabilize Hany who put through his own net.

Salah departed the field with 15 minutes remaining as Egypt sought to shut up shop and ultimately held out for a point.

حقق منتخب الرأس الأخضر مفاجأة في كأس العالم لكرة القدم بتعادله سلبيا مع إسبانيا في المباراة الافتتاحية للفريقين ضمن المجموعة الثامنة اليوم الاثنين بعدما أخفق أبطال أوروبا وأحد المرشحين للقب من إيجاد أي طريقة لهز شباك الفريق الذي يشارك في البطولة لأول مرة على الإطلاق.

ورغم استحواذ إسبانيا على الكرة، فإن أول تهديد حقيقي جاء في وقت متأخر من الشوط الأول عندما أطلق فيران توريس تسديدة من مسافة قريبة ارتدت من العارضة، وأبعد حارس مرمى الرأس الأخضر فوزينيا ضربة رأس لعبها ميكل أويارزابال من الكرة المرتدة.

كما تصدى فوزينيا لمحاولات توريس وإيمريك لابورت ليحافظ على التعادل السلبي في الشوط الأول، وحتى دخول الجناح الأمين جمال لم تجد إسبانيا طريق المرمى.

وقدم منتخب الرأس الأخضر أداء قويا وحافظ على نقطة ثمينة في مباراته الأولى في كأس العالم، بل وصنع فرصا متأخرة ليهدد بتحقيق مفاجأة أكبر. ويلتقي المنتخبان الآخران في المجموعة الثامنة، السعودية وأوروجواي، في ميامي في وقت لاحق اليوم الاثنين بالتوقيت المحلي.

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