Etoile Halfway There
As I said in the comments of the preview, I missed the first ten minutes and was dozing in and out of sleep as I watched this one. Nevertheless, it was easy to notice from what I did see that Etoile had this game under control and the final result was never truly [...]

Etoile Du Sahel vs. Esperance Sportive de Tunis
Time: 6:00 PM Tunis Time in Sousse on Saturday
After last weeks debacle in Rades, Etoile will host Esperance in Sousse. I seriously doubt they’ll be interested in offering any sorts of hospitality though and neither will their fans. No use revisiting the Cup Final as we’ve talked about [...]

After watching a controversial cup final that’s still being talked about because of the refereeing decisions and the riots that occurred after it, our new coach, Humberto Coelho held his first meeting at FTF headquarters with his technical staff. It was there that Habib Mejri was officially announced as the assistant coach for the national [...]

Yesterday was supposed to be a celebration. Instead the Tunisian Cup final was mired in controversy due to poor officiating, supporters incapable of accepting a bitter defeat, and a police force that added fuel to the fire by verbally insulting the traveling contingent of Etoile fans and using force on them disproportionately. The riots that [...]

The big day is almost upon us. A rivalry between two of the biggest clubs in Tunisia is to be renewed in the summit that is “el Coupe.” The prior meeting between Esperance and Etoile took place in Sousse on the 22nd of May, the last day of the domestic season. ESS won that game [...]

Below are various news items that are post worthy.You’ll notice that none of it has to do with the Tunisian Cup final. Fear not, the preview should be up at some point tomorrow. For now, here’s some tidbits that should tide you over until then:

Francileudo Silva Dos Santos or just “Santos” as most Tunisians call him has finally escaped Toulouse. Today, the president of Sochaux, Jean Claude Plessis, announced on RTCI that they had just signed our international to a one year contract.
Previous rumors had linked him to Grenoble but his former club came out on top. Not [...]

Kamel Zaiem was introduced to the media in Belgrade today alongside another new Partizan signing, Aleksis Ngambi from Cameroon (more pictures here). My Serbian is really bad (non existent is the term I’m looking for) so forgive me if I don’t have much information about what was said and how he was received. He’ll keep [...]

Esperance sealed their place in the Tunisian Cup final yesterday in Kairouan by defeating a surprisingly spry Gafsa on the score of 3-2. The game was cagey at the start, with neither team wanting to make a mistake. EST was having more of the possession but the green and yellow were the first to get [...]

What a match this was. Even though there were some lulls in the action, it was high scoring and high drama in Rades today. The goals provided were each amazing in their own right and we were treated to the compelling lottery of penalty kicks before luck smiled upon Etoile.
The Sahlis were favorites coming into [...]