Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has tipped the Carthage lions to advance far in the global tournament kicking off on friday.
Both countries are set to square off in Group G and with Tunisia recently losing by a single goal to Spain albelt being the better side throughout the duration of the friendly match and earning rave reviews for its display against the Euro 2008 winners. Prior to the encounter with Spain, the North African Country were on a nine match unbeaten run and impressively earned a score draw against European champions, Portugal.
Tunisia are currently ranked no 1 in Africa and the plaudits gained from these impressive performances has led to Martinez tipping the Country as the dark horses of the Mundial held in Russia “For me, they (Tunisia) deserved to win the game (against Spain)… Martinez said It was just a confirmation that Tunisia could be one of the surprises in the World Cup, the former Everton boss further said ahead of his team’s final friendly match against Costa Rica on Monday.
Remarkably. Belgium’s group opponents, England and Tunisia have met
Costa Rica in recent friendlies with both teams winning 1-0 and 2-0
respectively against the South American side.
Belguim are the highest ranked team in the group and are set to kick
off with a game against Panama on Monday before preceding to face
Tunisia on June 23, eventually facing England in the last game of the
group stages Five days later.