Soccer-Crowd gives Tunisia lift as they hold Denmark 0-0 at halftime

Soccer-Crowd gives Tunisia lift as they hold Denmark 0-0 at halftime

Underdogs Tunisia were drawing energy from a spirited crowd at the Education City Stadium on Tuesday and holding Denmark 0-0 at halftime in the opening Group D clash at the World Cup in Qatar.

The north Africans enjoyed noisy support from a sea of red-clad fans, many of whom live and work in the Gulf emirate, and could have gone ahead three minutes before the break but Kasper Schmeichel made a superb one-handed save to deny Issam Jebali. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Doha; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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