Denmark and Tunisia played to the first barren draw at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar as they kicked off Group D action at the Education City Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.The European nation came into the match as favorites in the match sitting at 10th on the global ranking, compared to Tunisia who are 20 places behind, but the North African side appeared to be the better side specifically in the first half.##NAJAVA_MECA_6833926##Denmark’s Kasper Schmeichel and his opposite equivalent Aymen Dahmen were fantastic, producing a couple of brilliant saves to keep the scoreline barren.A VAR check in the fourth minute of stoppage time against Tunisia for a handball had the stadium and fans from both sides in a tense state but the center referee César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos dismissed claims after conducting a check to the relief of Tunisia.It ends all square at the Education City Stadium 🤝@adidasfootball | #FIFAWorldCup— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 22, 2022 Tunisia’s forward Issam Jebali, who plays his club football with Danish side Odense Boldklub, had the ball in the net in the first half after just 24 minutes but a late offside flag meant the goal could not count.Christian Eriksen’s lifesaver, Simon Kjaer, had a decent showing throughout the match with his alert defending and was a constant threat on the air when he went forward to attack a set piece. And when Kjaer departed the field of play after 65 minutes, he passed on the captaincy to the Manchester United man.Andreas Skov Olsen thought he had given Denmark the lead nine minutes into the second half with his strike in the box but his goal was chalked off for an offside.Tunisia banking on miracle to make maiden World Cup knockoutsTunisia kept up the intensity but it was Denmark who had the two best chances of a tight second half. Eriksen was denied what would have been a fine goal by Aymen Dahmen’s fingertip save in the 69th minute and from the subsequent corner substitute Andreas Cornelius missed from close range, smashing the post with his header.
