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Tunisian Ellyes Skhiri (1. FC Köln) complains to German World Cup referee Daniel Siebert in the match against Australia (November 26, 2022).
Ellyes Skhiri is about to be eliminated with Tunisia at the World Cup in Qatar. In the failure against Australia, the star of 1. FC Köln had a freak accident.
The soccer World Cup in Qatar has just begun, so it may already be over for the 1. FC Cologne. Because Ellyes Skhiri (27) is already facing the end with Tunisia after the 0-1 draw against Australia (November 26, 2022).
In the defeat against the “Socceroos”, the FC star had a strange accident: Before the game finally got to 0-1, Skhiri tripped over the German referee Daniel Siebert (38) in midfield!
Australia score through referee Daniel Siebert after Skhiri’s crash
While Kölner still complained to the referee about the unfortunate clash, the Australian attack continued. After a deflected cross from Craig Goodwin, striker Mitchell Duke of Japanese second division club Fagiano Okayama headed the ball into the center to take the lead (23′). Skhiri was beside himself and tried to talk to the referee. But Siebert didn’t let himself be talked about: the goal counts.
The Tunisians, who had wrested a respectable draw from secret favorites Denmark in their opening game, didn’t get enough in the first half. Mohamed Dräger (26) had the best chance to equalize. The shot of the midfielder, who had once played under FC coach Steffen Baumgart (50) in Paderborn, was blocked in the last second (41).
Skhiri, who once again played the full 90 minutes, and his teammates fought back defeat in the second round, but “Adler von Karthago” did not have really dangerous shots.
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After starting 0-0 with Denmark, the North Africans are bottom of the table in Group A with one point from two games.
Because each club collects around 10,000 euros per day for each seconded World Cup professional. FIFA’s secondment period began on 14 November. If Tunisia were to leave on 1 December, it would be 18 days and €180,000 for FC.
