Jalel Kadri had told Tunisia that nothing was impossible. After an almost unthinkable win over France they nearly believed him too. But Mathew Leckie’s goal for Australia, scored some 25km away against Denmark, proved more crucial than the solitary one scored here as they, not Tunisia, advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup.
Wahbi Khazri had thought he was the hero, his second-half goal at the Education City Stadium to down the defending champions securing a famous 1-0 win and, at the time, progress to the next round at the expense of the other two in Group D, only for Leckie’s effort to break Danish hearts and the majority of those here, Antoine Griezmann’s stoppage-time equaliser threatening to do the same only for it to be ruled out for offside at the last.
