Friendly Results: Tunisia hold Brazil; Wins for Morocco and Ivory Coast

Photo: Tunisian Football Federation

Friendly Results: Tunisia hold Brazil; Wins for Morocco and Ivory Coast

Numerous friendly matches involving African nations took place on Tuesday with Morocco and Ivory Coast the notable winners while Tunisia achieved an excellent result.

The highest profile match on Tuesday featured an outstanding result for Tunisia, who defended courageously and held Brazil to a 1-1 draw in France.

Forward Hazem Mastouri opened the scoring for Tunisia, who received passionate support from the Tunisian community in France. Chelsea forward Estêvão equalized for Brazil from the penalty spot before halftime.

It appeared that Brazil might snatch a victory when another penalty kick was awarded in the final fifteen minutes. However, Lucas Paqueta sent his spot kick off target and the Tunisian team earned an encouraging result.

2025 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Morocco continued their match to the tournament that begins in December with another victory. The Atlas Lions dominated Uganda by a 4-0 score in Tangier with Soufiane Rahimi, Ismael Saibari and Bilal El Khannouss among the scorers to complete a victorious week that began with a 1-0 victory over Mozambique earlier in the international window.

Ivory Coast bounced back from a defeat to Saudi Arabia with a 2-0 victory over Oman. A strong start confirmed victory for the Elephants with Vakoun Issouf Bayo scoring inside ten minutes before setting up Jean-Philippe Krasso for the second goal in the 25th minute.

For other West African nations, the results were mixed. Burkina Faso defeated Benin 3-0 while Guinea and Niger played to a 1-1 draw. Ghana fell to South Korea early on Tuesday, Mali and Jordan played to a 0-0 draw and The Gambia drew 2-2 with Kuwait.

Finally, Angola utilized a strong start to hold off Zambia for a 3-2 victory in Luanda. Milson and Zito Luvumbo scored in the first half for the hosts before Mabululu scored the winner. Jack Lahne scored on his debut for Zambia and Fashion Sakala also found the net for Chipolopolo.