An early end for the Carthage Eagles in the World Cup.

Tunisia has lost hope of qualifying for the knockout stages of the World Cup, after suffering a second consecutive heavy defeat against Japan, 0-4, on Saturday in Monterrey, in the thousandth match in the history of the tournament.

Daichi Kamada (4), Ayase Ueda (31, 83), and Junya Ito (69) scored for Japan, which netted four goals in a single match for the first time in its World Cup history, which began in 1998.

Tunisia had previously suffered a heavy loss to Sweden, 1-5, in their opener, which quickly cost coach Sabri Lamouchi his job, and he was replaced by Frenchman Hervé Renard.

However, Renard was unable to achieve a positive shock, leading Tunisia to play their final match against the Netherlands in Kansas merely to fulfill their obligation.

This marks the seventh time in its World Cup history that Tunisia has failed to advance past the group stage.

Japan has raised its points tally to four, sitting in second place, behind the Netherlands, which won decisively against Sweden, 5-1.

Renard made several changes to the lineup, including bringing in goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen instead of Mahib Al-Shamikh.

Coach Hajime Moriyasu also made four changes to his lineup, missing Takefusa Kubo due to injury.

Japan took an early lead after a move from Kaito Nakamura on the left side, with a cross that Daichi Kamada beautifully followed up with a backheel into the net (4).

Takehiro Tomiyasu thought he had doubled his team's lead, but his close-range attempt at the near post was brilliantly cleared off the line by Dahmen. Replays showed that the former Arsenal defender was just a few centimeters away from scoring his first goal in the tournament (10).

The Tunisian defense allowed Ayase Ueda to unleash a beautiful shot from about 17 meters, which settled in the bottom left corner, announcing the second goal for the Blue Samurai (31).

In the second half, Junya Ito added the third after he intercepted a challenge from Ben Hamida and calmly placed the ball in the bottom right corner (69).

Defensive errors piled up for the "Eagles of Carthage," and from one of them, a cross reached Ueda, who headed it in, failing to be cleared by the Tunisian defense (83), becoming the first Japanese player to score two goals in a single World Cup match.