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Tom Victor

Tunisia stun world champions France but fall short of last 16 - 5 talking points

France rounded off their World Cup group stage campaign with an unconvincing 1-0 defeat against Tunisia, but still went through as winners of Group D.

Didier Deschamps made nine changes from the team which beat Denmark with top spot assured, with only Raphael Varane and Aurelien Tchouameni keeping their starting spots. That meant opportunities for fringe players, including veteran goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and debutant Axel Disasi.

It was a disjointed first hour from the reigning champions, though, and Tunisia's opener - scored by Wahbi Khazri - was no less than they deserved. France turned to record-breaker Kylian Mbappe as they looked to recover a result, and thought they had equalised at the death only for Antoine Griezmann's goal to be disallowed following a VAR check.

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