Tunisia have taken a surprise 1-0 lead into half-time in their Group H match against Spain in Stüttgart on Monday.

Joahar Mnari put Tunisia into a shock 1-0 lead over Spain against the run of play in the 8th minute and then grew in confidence as the half progressed.

Spain were the more attacking team from the start with shots just off-target from Luis Garcia and David Villa, but Tunisia were always dangerous on the break and forged the lead after some great work from Ziad Jaziri inside the penalty area.

The ball from Jaziri eventually found it’s way through the tangle of legs to Mnari, whose initial shot was saved by Iker Casillas, but he tucked away the rebound to the delight of the travelling Carthage Eagles fans.

Spain had two free-kicks soon after but Villa’s attempt was punched away and Xavi's free-kick from the right was headed over by defender Sergio Ramos.

Tunisia’s Hatem Trabelsi made a great block inside the area to prevent Spain's Fernando Torres from latching on to a scoring opportunity and then started causing problems down the right-wing for the Spanish.

Both sides then had good chances with Anis Ayari's free-kick from 20 yards being well saved by Iker Casillas and at the other end Spain's Fernando Torres with a dangerous cross.

Xabi Alonso had a cracking effort from 30 yards out but the ball went two feet wide of Ali Boumnijel's left-hand post.

From then until the end of the half, Spain were peppering the Tunisia goal with Fernando Torres' curling shot being tipped over for a corner by Ali Boumnijel and from the corner Tunisia's Anis Ayari made a goal-line headed clearance from Xabi Alonso's header.

Tunisia went into half-time with a surprise 1-0 lead against Spain, who were lacking the space that they had in the match against Ukraine and were always under the threat of a Tunisian counter-attack.

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