The ongoing AFCON today produced another huge upset as Namibia beat Tunisia by a line goal in their opening group match
Deon Hotto’s 88th-minute header secured victory over Tunisia
The Brave Warriors – ranked 115th in the world and without a victory in any of their previous nine Afcon matches – were worthy winners in Korhogo.
Tunisia, 2004 champions, are 87 places above Namibia in Fifa’s standings.
The result sent Namibia top of the table momentarily though with Mali and South Africa still to come
Namibia’s return to Afcon after failing to qualify in 2019 pitted them against a side whose 16th successive appearance is a tournament record, reaching the quarter-finals in three of the last four editions and finishing fourth in 2019.
Tunisia, whose five-match run of clean sheets came to an end, return to action at the same venue to meet Mali on Saturday while Namibia will play their second game there against South Africa 24 hours later.
