Tunisia vs. Saudi Arabia
FIFA World Cup, Group H
Wednesday, June 14th 2006

The Saudi Arabia national soccer team (Arabic: منتخب
السعودية لكرة القدم) (known by its fan as al-Sogour
which means "The Falcons" or al-Akhdar which means "The Green") is the
national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia
Football Federation. They are huge underdogs on odds to win the World
Cup in many Sportsbook odds.
They are regarded as newcomers in the world scene having made their
first World Cup in 1994 and upsetting Belgium at the group stage before
falling to Sweden in the next round. The side was dismissed in the
first round of the next two Cup tournaments, including an 8-0 walloping
by Germany in 2002.
Saudi Arabia won the Asian Cup three times, in 1984, 1988, and 1996.
They won the World Under-16 Championship in 1989.On June 8, 2005; they
qualified for their fourth World Cup by beating Uzbekistan 3-0 in
Riyadh.
The Tunisia national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس
لكرة القدم), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of
Carthage), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the
F$(D??(Bd$(D??(Bration Tunisienne de Football.
They have qualified for four World Cups, the first one in 1978, but
have yet to make it out of the first round. Nevertheless, they created
history in that 1978 tournament in Argentina by becoming the first
African team to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico 3-1.
They also held champion West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing
out. It took twenty years to return to the finals but they have since
qualified for the past three tournaments in succession in 1998, 2002
and 2006.Tunisia also won the African Nations Cup in 2004, when they
hosted the tournament.
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