AFCON 2021: Tunisia not classified in Fair Play

During AFCON 2021, a total of 14 red cards were given by the referees, 12 of the 24 teams participating in the competition obtained none. Tunisia does not belong to these teams since its goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha obtained an expulsion during the Tunisia – Gambia match. In addition to Cameroon, the host nation of the tournament, we see Senegal who received the Fair Play team award, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, Mauritania and Zimbabwe.

About the yellow cards, no team was spared since each of them had some for their counter among the 206 distributed. Tunisia, meanwhile, received 11 yellow cards in the 5 matches played. Here is the official disciplinary report of the national team:

Red cards

Tunisia – Gambia: Farouk Ben Mustapha

Yellow cards

– Tunisia – Mali (Ellyes Skhiri, Hamza Mathlouthi)

– Tunisia – Mauritania (Anis Ben Slimane, Bilel Ifa, Wahbi Khazri)

– Tunisia – Gambia (Mohamed Dräger, Hannibal Mejbri, Hamza Mathlouthi)

– Tunisia – Nigeria (Bechir Ben Said, Aïssa Laidouni)

– Tunisia – Burkina Faso (Aïssa Laidouni)