LAFC was eradicated from the FIFA Membership World Cup after Denis Bouanga had a penalty saved deep into stoppage time of a 1-0 loss to Esperance Sportive de Tunis in Nashville on Friday.
The victory takes Esperance stage with Chelsea in Group D, after the Premier League aspect misplaced 3-1 to Brazil’s Flamengo earlier on Friday.
Youcef Belaïli put the Tunisian aspect in entrance within the seventieth minute however LAFC appeared set to stage and maintain its hopes alive going into the ultimate spherical of video games when referee Espen Eskas awarded a late spot kick following a video evaluate, ruling Khalil Guenichi had felled Marlon within the space.
However Bouanga drove his ensuing penalty kick into the dive of Ben Mentioned, to verify the exit of LAFC, which gained its place after profitable a playoff with Membership América simply three weeks in the past.
The winner of Esperance’s assembly with Chelsea on Tuesday in Philadelphia will transfer on to the knockout part, with Chelsea advancing on a draw based mostly on superior objective differential. Esperance’s victory on Friday confirmed Flamengo’s place within the spherical of 16.
Data from Area Degree Media was used on this report.
