Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi was bitterly disappointed to have seen his side eliminated from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations following their 1-1 with Togo at the Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday evening.
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The stalemate meant that the Sparrow Hawks, who had the same points as Tunisia, but a better goal difference going into the game, joined the table-topping Ivory Coast in the quarter-finals.
The Carthage Eagles, who beat Algeria 1-0 in their opening encounter, before being thumped 3-0 by the Ivorians, could only manage third place in Group D with Algeria finishing last.
Trabelsi was left to rue his side's profligacy in front of goal as they more than matched up to Togo - although with Khaled Mouelhi having scored from the spot to cancel out an early Serge Gapke goal, he then missed a second penalty, that was to seal his side's fate.
"It's very bitter to leave the tournament at the group stage. We had many of opportunities during this game but were very unlucky and now we are out of the tournament," he said after the match.
"We studied Togo good, but to win these games you have to score and we did not except by penalty and that is not enough to qualify."
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