France, Dec. 28 -- The Super Eagles - as they are nicknamed - had soared into a 3-0 lead at the Stade de Fes with goals from Victor Osimhen, Wilfred Ndidi and Ademola Lookman.

But slack marking at a free-kick allowed Montassar Talbi to head in Tunisia's response after 74 minutes and Ali Abdi thrashed home a penalty on 87 minutes to set up a grandstand finish in front of just over 25,000 mainly Tunisian fans at the arena.

But Nigeria held out through seven minutes of stoppage-time to take the three points, secure top spot in Group C and a place in the last-16 at the 24-team tournament.

"Those final 15 or so minutes will give me nightmares," Chelle told RFI. "I was going a little bit crazy about what was happening because the players des...