The head coach of the North African nation expected to win expects a difficult tie against the surprise team in the last eight of the Afcon

Tunisia coach Georges Leekens knows Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against hosts Equatorial Guinea will not be easy.

Equatorial Guinea, who stepped up to host the event at the last minute, were given little chance of getting through Group A, but took second spot after remaining undefeated.

Draws against Congo and Burkina Faso were followed by a decisive 2-0 win over Gabon on Sunday, with Javier Balboa and Iban Salvador scoring the goals.

Tunisia - ranked 22nd in the world and 2004 champions of the tournament - are also yet to taste defeat.

They topped Group B with one win and two draws, but Leekens is preparing his side for their toughest fight yet.

"We know we are not the best or the most beautiful, but we have qualified and I am very happy," Leekens told reporters. "We saw their Equatorial Guinea's match against Gabon, we saw the joy, we heard the car horns.

"They have a balanced team with a lot of pace up front. It won't be easy because they were fantastic. I am happy for the country, but now we want to qualify.

"It will be difficult because they will have the fans behind them, but I am quite confident. I try to be positive in any circumstance."

Only one side - Algeria - have scored more than Tunisia's four goals at the tournament.

Ahmed Akaichi has two of those and looms as a danger man for Leekens' side in this last-eight clash.

Equatorial Guinea are ranked 118th by Fifa and will be significant underdogs, though that does not concern Spanish-born midfielder Juvenal Edjogo-Owono.

"Our power now is that we are a united team," he said. "In 2012, we had so many players who were not from our country and the fans were not happy about this and did not take as much pride as they now do about the national team."

Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea last played each other in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, with the former prevailing 3-1 on home soil and the return match ending 1-1.

Alright! Two teams undefeated goes head to head, lets see what the knockout stage of the Afcon has.


Verdict;This is the knock out phase of the competition, you must utilize your chances to stay in the competition. Tunisia should edge this one.

Tunisia all the way...

Equatorial guinea all d way

Na 90mins go talk.

Boring AFCON 2015

kolafish:

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This is a sports thread , dear lad. There is a section for your kind of pictures.

Tunisia 3 EQG 1

Following....

Why Tunisian keeper come wear Super Eagles' jersey?

I give it to Tunisia 2:1 Eq Gunniea

Team Tunisia.....

God bless ARSENAL FC.

team tunisia

Tunisia is really pressing EQG

Tunisia hv dix game today

Let the Football battle begin!

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Mukina2 no brief analysis?? Like corner, mtn and sergio raamossss!!!

Let the better side win

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Ok.

The Spanish Africans on display.

seems people are not interested in this fixture...

Tunisia is just missing so many chances. God is on EQG's side

uzolexis:
Tunisia is just missing so many chances. God is on EQG's side

ehen! So them think say this one na group stage where dem go cook draw soup??

Pk dey oooo...

Tunisia scores

Goalllllll

Goal 4 Tunisia

is guinea not equatorial guinea?

iponrite:
is guinea not equatorial guinea?

no sir, you have said the difference!

khattab02:
ehen! So them think say this one na group stage where dem go cook draw soup??

Pk dey oooo...

If d goal line stays like dis,no need 4 PK