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Tunisian national team strategist Roger Lemerre was disappointed with his team's performance after a draw against the Saudi Arabian team, while his opponent Marcos Paqueta was happy with the earned point. The best player of this match was recognized as Tunisian national team striker Ziad Jaziri.
"We should have been calmer and secured the victory. In the end, we lost two points. In this match, we showed two sides of ourselves - first we were nervous, we were afraid of Tunisia, but during the break I told them to attack the wings and despite the late goal conceded, I am satisfied with the result," said Saudi Arabia's national team coach Marcos Paqueta.
"Isn't it amazing? It's so exciting," said Sami Al Jaberas, smiling after the match in the fourth World Cup he participated in. - "At the end of my life, I mean my career, I scored and I don't understand why."
"We were unlucky, we missed a goal with a minute left to play. Now we have one point. The tournament is not over yet. We will work hard in the match against the Ukrainian team," added the player.
"Our performance in the second half motivated us to fight as equals and with the Ukrainian team," said Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Mohammed Ameen.
"I wanted three points, but I got one," admitted Tunisian national team coach Roger Lemerre. - "We did not play confidently, and although the first goal helped us a lot, it was not enough. The mistake was to consider this match as the most important, and in the second half things did not go well for us."
"It was a disaster. We couldn't catch the rhythm of the game at all. It's a pity, because we were leading 1-0 after the first half, but later we made a few silly mistakes," said Tunisian defender Adel Chedli. - "On Monday we hope to be a completely different team. We really want to advance to the next stage and for that we have to beat Ukraine in the last match, so we will do everything to defeat them."
