U-17 World Cup: Tunisia not in Qatar to make numbers – Tayechi

Following their opening 6-0 statement win against Fiji, Tunisia U-17 national team player Fedi Tayechi has warned their opponents to watch out as they are in Qatar to win the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025.

The North Africans hit their stride beginning at the half-hour mark, with Wassim Slama beating the goalkeeper at the near post with a clever shot and then a superb strike from Fedi Tayechi.

Tunisia ambition is to go very far

Slama got his second by pouncing on a rebound, followed by a powerful right-footed finish from Anisse Saidi. Saifedin Haj Abdallah made it five with a composed curler from inside the area and Tayechi put on the finishing touches with a strike in the waning minutes.

Tayechi, who was voted man of the match, said Tunisia has ambition to go very far in the competition.

“I’m very proud of this Player of the Match trophy, it will motivate me to continue giving my all during the next matches,” Tayechi told FIFA.com after the game.

“The first 30 minutes were tough, but then we managed to find some spaces after that and we kept on pushing to score. We have the ambition to go very far in this competition: we didn’t come here to make up the numbers.”

The win enabled Tunisia to take control of Group D with three points, the same number as second-placed Argentina, who defeated Belgium 3-2 in another fixture.

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