Tunisia loses opener to England

After a 20-year absence from the World Cup, Tunisia lost Monday to England 0-2 in a group G opener.

The Tunisians who resisted to the successive English attacks thanks mainly to the excellent saves of their keeper, Shoukri El-Ouer, succumbed three minutes before the interval when Alan Shearer scored for England.

While everybody was expecting a Tunisian wake-up, the English continued attacking until the 89th minute when Paul Scholes, called to replace paramount star Gazza Gascogne, netted a fine goal from a 25-meter shot, Map reported.

Tunisia will play its second match against Colombia next Monday, while England will play Romania.

Romania defeated Colombia 1-0 in the same group.