What a woeful season it has been for anyone associated with Celtic.
Even those who have gone outside of the Glasgow bubble can’t shy away from the woes of this current campaign, as Sebastian Tounekti has found out in Morocco.
In the middle of December, Tounekti left domestic matters at Celtic to compete at the Africa Cup of Nations for Tunisia, as the New Year saw the knockout stages begin.
But as Celtic lost to Rangers on Saturday lunchtime, Tounekti and his Tunisia side suffered their own issues at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Sebastian Tounekti and Tunisia suffer a shock Africa Cup of Nations exit to Mali
This was a shock exit for Tunisia at the round of 16 stage, especially given that Mali had a man sent off in the 26th minute when Woyo Coulibaly was shown a straight red card.
Tunisia tried blowing the door down and threw punch after punch, as it seemed like the tie was going to go to extra time.
But that’s when, with two minutes left on the clock and Tounekti still an unused substitute, Tunisia scored what looked like the winning goal, but then Mali scored an incredible 96th-minute penalty to equalise.
Even though Tunisia dominated, no more goals were scored in extra time. Mali would go on to win the tie 3-2 on penalties to cause a massive shock and book their ticket into the quarter-finals.
In the meantime, Celtic summer signing Tounekti watched on from the bench.
Despite Sami Trabelsi using six substitutes across the 120 minutes, Tounekti wasn’t one of them, as he wasn’t used, even though he showed positive signs during the group stages.
- Tounekti’s games at AFCON: 3
- Starts: 1
- Off the bench: 2
- Goals: 0
- Assists: 0
- Total minutes: 95
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