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Tunisia’s Torturous Tournament

Tunisia’s 2026 World Cup campaign is mercifully over and it will go down as one of the worst ever. 3 losses, 2 goals for, 12 goals against, -10 goal differential. They became the 9th team ever to finish the World Cup with a goal differential of -10 or worse and the first to do it since 2010. Out of those 8 other teams, which runs are most similar to Tunisia? Once we take out the 5 runs with a goal differential worse than -10 and Greece’s 0-goal -10 in 1994, there are actually 2 that look identical: Mexico, 1978: 3 losses, 2 goals scored, 12 goals against and a -10 goal differential New Zealand, 1982: 3 losses, 2 goals scored, 12 goals against and a -10 goal differential Mexico 1978 was in Pot 2, Tunisia 2026 was in Pot 3 and New Zealand 1982 was Pot 4. By that logic alone, Mexico 1978 would be the worst of the 3, with Tunisia 2026 in 2nd worst, making them the 8th worst World Cup performance ever. However, I think you could argue they’re as high as the 4th worst performance depending on how much you consider the advances in a team’s football program and their prior history.

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Tunisia, Score A Goal Please

Tunisia, a very overlooked team in group F. If I am a Tunisia fan or player I’m really upset with getting placed in this group with Sweden, Japan, and the Netherlands. Unfortunately they are the worst team in this group but are a good team. In WCQ they had 9 wins and 1 draw. They did not play anyone worth talking about. They scored 22 goals and did not allow a single goal. The defense paved a way to victory capped off by scoring late in the match. Most of their goals came in the last 10 minutes and a majority of those goals were penalties. Tunisias Manager Sabri Lamouchi, took over the national team in January of 2026 after a disappointing Africa Cup Of Nations performance. He pays attention to all the small things about his teams and nothing will go unnoticed. The Tunisias National Teams plays a 4-3-3 and a 4-2-3-1. They are a very organized group and can deliver good set pieces. Over the 12 World Cup teams I’ve done, I’ve never seen this. Highlighted in red it says key problems, scoring goals. “That can’t be good” I said to myself. Yea, it’s not. This team really lacks goal scoring. In a group like this you simply cannot afford to not have players that can deliver goals. On top of all of that this team has 3 players that would definitely be on the team out with injuries. The primary challenge for this team is to win a game. When they get that out of the way we can sit down and have another conversation about can they draw or take another one. But, this group is so dang strong I don’t see a situation where Tunisia makes it out.

@Landon

Hesssss Backkkkk

Folarin Balogun was previously given a red card in the USAs game against Bosnia in the round of 32 that knocked him out of the round of 16 game against Belgium on Monday. But he’s red card has been suspended, he will be eligible for the Belgium game. He is the Untied States best attacker, this is a much needed break for the US. With Balogun back the country has even more faith that we can get this done and advance. Be delusional everyone! Let’s go USA!

@FlameRaptorRaven

No Quit in them

Although Cabo Verde’s incredible run is over, they made history. They have become just the 2nd team in World Cup history to end their first ever campaign without a loss in 90 minutes. The other team was 1982 Cameroon who drew 3 times and crashed out of the group stage. Cabo Verde added a knockout game against the defending champs and very nearly took them to penalties on top of their 3 draws, including a draw against Spain, arguably the favourite coming in. Considering they were the 3rd smallest country to ever qualify and then became the smallest country to ever make it to the knockout stages, they have nothing to be ashamed off. Bravo Cabo Verde, Bravo