The African Cup of Nations is originally a "chicken rib" event, the attention is very low, but the referee can not act recklessly, his penalty makes people call out to understand, in Tunisia and Mali this game the referee blew the final whistle early, there are only two possibilities, first: he gambled, second: he wants to go home early with his wife.
Tunisia and Mali match, the former world ranking 31st, a total of 20 African Cups, twice on the top of Africa, the Marie team world ranking 53rd, 12 times to participate in the African Cup of Nations, the best result in team history is the 1972 African Cup of Nations runner-up, from the paper strength point of view Tunisia is stronger than Mali, you know Mali This team has recently risen strongly, seven consecutive times to reach the African Cup, 2012 and 2013 two feet to win the third place.
The first player to enter the game was also Mali, they created several opportunities but did not take advantage of it, the players in the midfield of this team are all playing in Ligue 1, Tunisia's main scorer Hazri also plays in Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1, Mali's defender is also very familiar with him, did not give him any chances to shoot, Mali won 6 corners in the first half, Tunisia only has one corner, they do not have as many opportunities as Mali.
Mali seized the opportunity just after the start of the second half, the Tunisian defender fouled the handball inside the penalty area, and the referee took a penalty! Mali's Lukaku-looking striker Ibrahima Koone took the penalty and gave the team the lead! Tunisia, who were behind the score, began to fight back, they also created a danger in front of the goal, to know that Mali's recent defensive performance is very good, the team has been 6 consecutive matches with the opponent, even Tunisia won a penalty, Hazri's penalty was also turned away by goalkeeper Moncorro, Tunisia missed the perfect opportunity to equalize.
At this time, the referee came out to steal the scene, he inexplicably blew the final whistle in the 85th minute of the game, so that everyone was momentarily confused, after the game began again, he sent a toure who had just been replaced by Mali, and maintained the original penalty after watching the var, the referee watched the VAR twice, the substitution was also delayed for a long time, intermittently there were injured players, 85 minutes to blow the final whistle, 89 minutes ended. There is no model to learn from, but this scene will still be preserved in a unique way, becoming a talking point for the media after the game. Tunisia eventually lost 1-0 to Mali.