Third Team Eliminated from World Cup! Tunisia Loses Two in a Row, Conceding 9 Goals to Set a Record, Exiting Group Stage for the 7th Time

In a crucial Group F match of the World Cup’s second round on June 21 Beijing time, Tunisia was soundly beaten 0-4 by Japan. Losing both of their matches, they became the third team officially out of the group stage in this tournament.

In the first match, Tunisia fell apart, losing 1-5 to Sweden and suffering a disastrous start. This led the Tunisian FA to fire head coach Ramsey in fury, with renowned manager Hervé Renard taking charge in an emergency. However, despite the 57-year-old French coach leading Saudi Arabia to a shocking upset over Argentina in the previous edition, he was unable to rescue Tunisia this time.

Facing Asia’s top team, Japan men's football, Tunisia conceded just four minutes into the game when Daichi Kamada scored with a backheel, putting them behind early. Tunisia then luckily escaped a goal-line controversy. However, in the 31st minute, a long-range strike from Ayase Ueda left Tunisia in despair.

After the break, Tunisia made several substitutions but to no effect. Instead, Junya Ito scored a one-on-one goal in the 69th minute, sealing the win for Japan. In the 83rd minute, Ayase Ueda added another, completing a brace and helping Japan secure a 4-0 victory.

After this 0-4 defeat,Tunisia has conceded 9 goals in two matches, surpassing Qatar and Curaçao (7 goals each) to become the team with the most goals conceded in this World Cup.

Remarkably, Tunisia had a steel defense during the African qualifiers, keeping clean sheets in 10 matches. But they have now shockingly collapsed on the World Cup stage.

With elimination one round early in this edition, Tunisia has failed to advance past the group stage in all seven of their World Cup appearances. The "Carthage Eagles" indeed have a rather bleak World Cup legacy.