Overview
- Tunisia were knocked out by Mali after a 1-1 draw and a 3-2 shootout loss in Casablanca, despite playing over an hour against 10 men following Woyo Coulibaly’s 26th-minute red card.
- Firas Chaouat put Tunisia ahead in the 88th minute before a stoppage-time handball by Yassine Meriah allowed Lassine Sinayoko to equalise from the spot.
- Mali won the penalties 3-2, with goalkeeper Djigui Diarra influential in the shootout.
- Head coach Sami Trabelsi accepted responsibility for the defeat, and local reporting indicates he is likely to be dismissed.
- Hannibal Mejbri called for a complete reassessment of Tunisian football, and Mali advance to face Senegal in the quarter-finals.