Monrovia, Liberia – Lone Star, the national football team of Liberia, lost to Tunisia 1-0 at home on Wednesday in their 2026 World Cup qualifying match at the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Complex. Mastouri completed a carefully planned play to give the Carthage Eagles the lead early in the fourth minute. After Hannibal Mejbri’s hard work, he intercepted a pass from Edward Ledlum in Liberia’s half and set up Mastouri for the goal.
In the eleventh minute, Tommy Songo, the goalie for Lone Star, made a spectacular save to keep the home team in the match by stopping a diving header from Tunisia. Solomon Tweh’s long-range effort in the 14th minute gave Liberia their first serious chance on goal, but Tunisia’s goalie, Aymen Dahmen, was fast to stop it.
Ayuoba Kosiah, Divine Teah, and Bryant Farkarlun all put up a strong offensive effort, but Liberia was unable to penetrate Tunisia’s defense. Bryant was hauled down in the spot in the 29th minute, but the referee waived play on, rejecting the home team’s penalty challenge.
Later in the first half, Kosiah was denied a chance to score, and shortly before halftime, Naïm Sliti struck the crossbar to almost extend Tunisia’s advantage. Bryant had an opportunity as well, but after a beautiful move past a defender, his shot sailed over the bar. Teah set up Ledlum for a close-range attempt that just missed the mark as Liberia came out strong in the second half. Songo was called upon once more, making a vital save to deny Tunisia a second goal.
Tunisia took the brunt of the pressure as Liberia failed to equalize despite controlling possession. In the closing minutes, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane came very close to scoring the second goal but lost a great chance. Tunisia maintain their lead in Group H with 12 points, while Liberia has 7 points. Liberia will now try to turn things around in their upcoming match against São Tomé and Príncipe.
After the game, interim coach Thomas Kojo gave his team high marks for their performance, admitting that they couldn’t score goals but expressing optimism that they would do better in the future.
