Rangers star Fashion Sakala scored again on international duty on Tuesday but Zambia were outclassed by a strong Tunisia side as their World Cup Qualifying campaign came to an end.
Sakala has been in impressive form of late for club and country.
He bagged a brilliant hat-trick for Rangers at Motherwell late last month and backed that up with another treble in Zambia’s resounding 4-0 win over Mauritania on Saturday.
The Mauritania clash was the second consecutive World Cup Qualifier he had found the net in and he made it three in a row in Tunis on Tuesday.
In the 80th minute, the 24-year-old forward had a penalty saved but reacted quickly to fire the rebound into the top right corner with his left foot.
The goal was little more than a consolation, though, against a Tunisia side who dominated the contest.
They played some free-flowing football and were three goals to the good by the interval, before taking their foot off the gas a little in the second half.
Zambia finished third in Group B with seven points from their six matches while Tunisia have progressed to the World Cup playoff round, where they will face another CAF group winner for a place at Qatar 2022.
Sakala will now return to Glasgow to gear up for Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Hibernian at Hampden.
In other news, a promising Rangers youngster scored a dramatic last-minute equaliser in a youth international on Tuesday.
