2026 World Cup Events: Embarrassing moment for Tunisia national team striker

2026 World Cup: Embarrassing miss for the Tunisian national team

As part of the 2026 World Cup matches, an amusing and perplexing incident was reported on the pitch. The Tunisia national team striker managed to miss a clear scoring opportunity, and this was even after it turned out he was in an offside position, which makes the miss doubly embarrassing.

According to a report by the channel آخرین خبر, which received widespread exposure of over 5,000 views, the player failed to find the back of the net even though he was in a position that would not have been approved by the referees in any case. The report was defined under the tournament's official tag, #جام_2026.

The report was also confirmed by the channel آخرین خبر ورزشی, which highlighted the case with the same phrasing: "مهاجم تونس در موقعیت آفساید هم در گل زدن ناکام ماند" (freely translated: "Tunisia striker fails to score even in an offside position").

Both channels, which are identified with Iranian sports coverage, focused on the video documentation of the case that went viral among football fans following the tournament on social media.