Yousef Belaili scored in the seventieth minute and Esperance de Tunisie beat Los Angeles FC (LAFC) 1-0 on Friday (June 20, 2025) night time in the Club World Cup to stay in rivalry to advance and get rid of the California MLS workforce.
LAFC had one closing likelihood to tie it in the 99th minute on Dénis Bouanaga’s right-footed shot off a penalty kick simply in entrance, however goalkeeper Béchir Ben Säid smothered it.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban had been in the gang of 13,651 at 30,000-seat GEODIS Park on a steamy late afternoon.
Key second
After a back-and-forth tempo, Belaili got here by with a right-footed shot from the left facet of the field to the underside left nook by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ legs.
Takeaways
Esperance will end the spherical Tuesday night time in opposition to Chelsea, with second place in Group D and a spot in the spherical of 16 on the road.
Not solely was LAFC eradicated, it has been shot out in each of its matches. LAFC had two objectives worn out by offsides in the primary half.
What they stated
“Overall, I didn’t think we played well enough tonight to win,” LAFC coach Steve Cherundolo stated.
“Gave us the feeling that we can keep playing,” stated Esperance coach Maher Kanzari.
