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Draw with Tunisia Sends Tanzania Into Cup of Nations Last 16
Tanzania advanced as one of the four best third-placed teams with two points, the lowest ever to progress since the tournament expanded in 2019, after a 1-1 draw with Tunisia.
- On Dec. 30, Tanzania held Tunisia to a 1-1 draw in Rabat, Morocco, and advanced to the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed finishers in Group C.
- Tunisia took the lead when a VAR review awarded a penalty converted by Ismaïl Gharbi on 43 minutes, and Feisal Salum levelled three minutes into the second half after Ibrahim Abdallah conceded the handball.
- Remarkably, Tanzania advanced with two points, becoming the first team to progress as a best third-placed finisher since the expansion, despite no wins in 12 matches across four appearances.
- Tunisia will meet Mali on Saturday in Casablanca while Tanzania draw sets up a Sunday date with hosts Morocco in Rabat; Angola were eliminated by the narrowest of margins.
- Gamondi, who replaced Hemed Suleiman last month, said `We did not have enough time to prepare the team, but worked together with the federation` and gave goalkeeper Hussein Masaranga an AFCON debut.
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