Kalboussi scores twice as Mahdia edges Tataouine in five-goal game

MAHDIA, Tunisia (Interstat) — Farouk Kalboussi scored twice for visiting US Tataouine, but EM Mahdia answered with three goals and won 3-2 on Monday in a global football match. Kalboussi struck in the 10th and 22nd minutes to give Tataouine a 2-0 lead. Wassim Jaba Allah scored in the 30th minute and Bassem Chaouech added a goal in the 33rd for Mahdia, and H Zaouali supplied the deciding goal. Mahdia is now 3-0-2 in the competition and overall, while Tataouine is 2-2-1 in both. The result followed Mahdia’s 1-1 draw at AS Agareb and Tataouine’s 1-0 home win over OC Kerkennah in its previous matches. Tataouine had been seeking another road result after a 2-2 draw at Sporting Ben Arous this season. Mahdia remained unbeaten in the competition and closed out the win after taking the lead, while Tataouine’s two-goal start was not enough to hold off the home side.