The Libyan national team achieved a precious victory over its Tunisian counterpart with a score of 2-0, in the match that brought the two teams together in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, after the Libyan team presented a strong performance and succeeded in deciding the match with a goal in each half, to emerge with an important victory against the Carthage Eagles.
Ali Youssef opened the scoring for the Libyan team in the 44th minute, after successfully converting a penalty kick, giving the hosts the lead before the end of the first half, which ended with Libya leading by one goal to nil.
In the second half, the Tunisian team had a chance to return to the match, but Anis Ben Slimane missed a penalty kick in the 59th minute. Then, the Libyan team took advantage of the situation and extended their lead with a second goal by Hamdou Elhouni in the 62nd minute, to confirm their superiority and seal the match with a clean two-goal victory.
Correction: Anis Ben Slimane did not miss a penalty kick in the 59th minute; rather, his attempt was not counted due to offside, according to match details.
This victory came as part of the third round of Group H in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, achieving the Libyan team's first victory in the qualifiers, and also marking a historic victory on Tunisian soil.
With this result, the Libyan team raised its tally to 4 points to temporarily top the group, while Tunisia's tally remained at two points and they dropped to fourth place, making their task more difficult in competing for a qualification spot.