Tunisia announced their 26 man squad for FIFA World Cup 2022. Tunisia Squad was selected under head coach and manager Jalel Kadri. These team is known to knockout African heavyweights. They were one of the best defensive teams in the African World Cup qualifiers. Youssef Msakni famously called as “The Mongoose” is the teams best attacking player and goal scorer.
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This year’s FIFA World Cup is being held at Qatar and Tunisia is also a part of the World Cup. They have participated five times in the FIFA World Cup. In this FIFA World Cup, it’s playing in Group D with France, Denmark and Australia.
Tunisia has announced their 26-man squad for the FIFA 2022. This year’s FIFA starts from November 20, 2022. The Tunisia Football Federation (FTF) has named in a statement, that the team has two stars – France’s Ligue 1 player Kahzri of Montpellier and Montassar Talbi of FC Lorent.
Alongside we have Ali Abdi of Ligue 2’s Caen. But two players from Ligue 1 have dropped – those are Saif Eddine Kahoui of Clermont and Yoann Touzghar of AC Ajaccio.Â
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Tunisia Squad
Goalkeepers – Aymen Dahmen, Bechir Ben Said, Aymen Mathlouthi, Mouez Hassen.
Defenders – Wajdi Kechrida, Mohammad Drager, Dylan Bronn, Nader Ghandri, Bill Ifa, Yassine Meriah, Montessori Talbi, Ali Abdi, Ali Maaloul.
Midfielders – Ghailene Chaalali, Aissa Laidouni, Eylies Skhiri, Hannibal Mejbri, Ferjani Sassi, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane.
Forwards – Wahbi Khazri, Youssef Msakni, Yessine Khenissi, Issam Jebali, Seiffedine Jaziri, Anis Ben Silmane, Nam Sliti.Â
Tunisia World Cup Fixtures
Tunisia is placed in group D and they have a pretty tough competitors in the group. The African flyweight’s can shock either of these Heavy weight teams. They play their 1st game against Denmark on 22nd Nov, Australia on 26th Nov and France on 30th Nov.
Tunisia vs Denmark| 22nd Nov @ 6:30 PM
Tunisia vs Australia| 26th Nov @ 3:30 PM
Tunisia vs France| 30th Nov @ 8:30 PM
Where to Watch FIFA World CUP 2022 Live
All the matches will be available live on the Sports18 and Sports18 HD channels in India. Viewers can also watch the match on JioCinema and JioTv apps. Group stage matches will be played at 3.30 p.m., 6.30 p.m., 9.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m.
Eight of the final group matches will be held at 8.30 p.m. The round of 16and quarterfinals will be played at 8.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. Both semifinals will be played at 12.30 a.m. on December 14 and 15. The third-place playoff is at 8.30 p.m. on December 17.
The FIFA World Cup final will be played on December 18 at 8.30 p.m.
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