Mohamed Jedidi
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Mohamed Jedidi is a Tunisia
n footballer
. As of 2004, he plays for Asswehly S.C.. He was a member of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic
football team, which exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina
and runners-up Australia
.
Tunisia rounded off their Olympic Games football campaign in bizarre fashion when they were forced to take the same penalty six times in their 3-2 win over Serbia and Montenegro. With the group C match level at 1-1 and in the dying stages, Tunisia were awarded the spot-kick for a foul in the box.
Up strode experienced striker Mohamed Jedidi to take the kick and he scored confidently in the corner. At least, he thought so. Referee Charles Ariiotima from Tahiti ordered the penalty to be taken again and again after Tunisian players were accused of encroachment as Jedidi twice more found the net successfully. Jedidi then had the fourth kick saved by Nikola Milojevic. Again Ariiotima was unhappy, claiming that it was the Serbian players who had drifted into the 18-yard area. The Europeans were accused of the same offence on the fifth kick, which again was stopped by Milojevic. Incredibly, the 25-year-old Jedidi kept his nerve to legally convert the sixth kick. The drama was all academic however as neither side managed to reach the quarter-finals.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. As of 2004, he plays for Asswehly S.C.. He was a member of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
football team, which exited in the first round, finishing third in Group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and runners-up Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Tunisia rounded off their Olympic Games football campaign in bizarre fashion when they were forced to take the same penalty six times in their 3-2 win over Serbia and Montenegro. With the group C match level at 1-1 and in the dying stages, Tunisia were awarded the spot-kick for a foul in the box.
Up strode experienced striker Mohamed Jedidi to take the kick and he scored confidently in the corner. At least, he thought so. Referee Charles Ariiotima from Tahiti ordered the penalty to be taken again and again after Tunisian players were accused of encroachment as Jedidi twice more found the net successfully. Jedidi then had the fourth kick saved by Nikola Milojevic. Again Ariiotima was unhappy, claiming that it was the Serbian players who had drifted into the 18-yard area. The Europeans were accused of the same offence on the fifth kick, which again was stopped by Milojevic. Incredibly, the 25-year-old Jedidi kept his nerve to legally convert the sixth kick. The drama was all academic however as neither side managed to reach the quarter-finals.