Tunisia's Jaziri named Man of the Match against Saudi Arabia
15/6/2006 15:31
Zied Jaziri was voted Man of the Match after scoring Tunisia's first goal
and then making their dramatic injury-time equalizer in their World Cup Group H
2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia.
Jaziri, 28, who plays with French side Troyes,
opened the scoring in acrobatic fashion in the 23rd minute. The Saudi defence
failed to clear a free-kick into the area and the striker volleyed the bouncing
ball into the net.
His team then fell behind after surrendering two
second-half goals, but Jaziri delivered again in injury time as his pinpoint
cross found Radhi Jaidi, whose header beat goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid.
"He
scored the first goal and gave the assist for the equalizer in almost the very
last minute," said FIFA Technical Study Group member Rodrigo Kenton. "He was
courageous and fought a lot during the whole game."
Jaziri said: "Saudi
Arabia are are better team than us. But the draw will not have a negative
effect. We have two more games."
Xinhua News
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