The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia on Monday defeated the Black Stars of Ghana 5-4 on penalties to progress to the quarter finals stage of the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The match had to go into penalty shootout after the match ended 1-1 after the 30-minute extra time could not produce the winner.
Tunisia went into the lead in the 73rd minute of the match through Taha Khenissi, who connected a pass from teammate and took a brilliant shot that beat the Ghanaian goalkeeper.
Ghana’s goal came in the 92 minute of the extra time when a Tunisian player, Bedoui headed the ball from a free kick by a Ghanaian player into his own net when he attempted to clear the ball away from the Ghanaian attackers within the 25-yard box.
In the ensuing penalty shootout, the Tunisians scored their 5 penalties while the Ghanaians scored 4.
With this victory, the Carthage Eagles have been able to break the dominance of the four-time winners, Black Stars over their team for several decades.
Tunisia will take on Madagascar in a quarter-final in Cairo on Thursday.
In the match played earlier, Cote d’Ivoire defeated Mali 1- 0 to progress to the quarter finals of the tournament.
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