Botswana tie Tunisia 0-0 in AFCON qualifier

Gaborone (Botswana), Nov 15 (IANS) Botswana secured their first point in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers when they played to a 0-0 draw against Tunisia here.

The southern Africans entered the match Friday without a single point after losing all of their four opening matches in group G of the qualifiers, reports Xinhua.

Coach Peter Butler stuck to his pre-match sentiments when he went all out on attack against the Tunisians.

Highly-rated youngster Segolame Boy started alongside veteran striker Jerome Ramatlhakwana and captain Joel Mogorosi in attack.

Botswana, also called the 'Zebras', created a good number of goal scoring opportunities in the opening 20 minutes of the game forcing the visiting goalkeeper to make some good saves to deny them.

Tunisia, on the other hand, were cautious as they tried to catch their opponents on counter attack. They, however, started pushing forward towards the end of the first half, testing Botswana goalkeeper Kabelo Dambe on a number of occasions.

Dambe made two fine saves from Tunisian striker Benyoussef Fakhreddine right on halftime to keep the home side in contention.

The second half saw play swing from one end to another as both sides tried to break the deadlock. It was not to be as the match ended without a goal.

Botswana are still bottom of group G with a single point while Tunisia remain top with 11 points.